#B56259#B56259

#B56259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.109 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56259
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 32.47, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 38.17, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.0967 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.109 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2286, 19.2829, 11.8426)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56259 #59ACB5

analogous

#B5597E #B56259 #B59059

triadic

#B56259 #59B562 #6259B5

tetradic

#B56259 #7EB559 #59ACB5 #9059B5

square

#B56259 #7EB559 #59ACB5 #9059B5

split-complementary

#B56259 #59B590 #597EB5

monochromatic

#66332E #904840 #B56259 #C88A83 #DBB2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B56259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B56259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56259

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56259	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.109 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9088',
    500: '#b56259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56259;
$custom-light: #cf9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59008,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56259

secondary

#A1C5C9

accent

#C3CE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56259

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

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