#B56261#B56261

#B56261 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.107 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56261
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 33.26, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 36.73, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.107 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5830, 19.4247, 13.7090)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56261 #61B4B5

analogous

#B5618A #B56261 #B58C61

triadic

#B56261 #61B562 #6261B5

tetradic

#B56261 #8AB561 #61B4B5 #8C61B5

square

#B56261 #8AB561 #61B4B5 #8C61B5

split-complementary

#B56261 #61B58C #618AB5

monochromatic

#6A3232 #944645 #B56261 #C98B8B #DCB5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B56261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B56261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56261

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56261	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88805F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.107 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce908d',
    500: '#b56261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56261;
$custom-light: #ce908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.714,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56261

secondary

#A7CACB

accent

#CBCC5C

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56261

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

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