#B56151#B56151

#B56151 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.112 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56151
RGB	rgb(181, 97, 81)
HSL	hsl(10, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 32.29, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 40.39, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0951 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.112 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8178, 18.9698, 10.1375)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56151 #51A5B5

analogous

#B55173 #B56151 #B59351

triadic

#B56151 #51B561 #6151B5

tetradic

#B56151 #73B551 #51A5B5 #9351B5

square

#B56151 #73B551 #51A5B5 #9351B5

split-complementary

#B56151 #51B593 #5173B5

monochromatic

#62332A #8D493C #B56151 #C7887C #DAAFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B56151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B56151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56151

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56151	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5535D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 97, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.112 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f82',
    500: '#b56151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56151;
$custom-light: #cf8f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58681,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56151

secondary

#9BC0C7

accent

#BDD058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56151

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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