#B56451#B56451

#B56451 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.109 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56451
RGB	rgb(181, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 30.67, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 39.64, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0901 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.109 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1002, 19.5347, 10.2317)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56451 #51A2B5

analogous

#B55170 #B56451 #B59651

triadic

#B56451 #51B564 #6451B5

tetradic

#B56451 #70B551 #51A2B5 #9651B5

square

#B56451 #70B551 #51A2B5 #9651B5

split-complementary

#B56451 #51B596 #5170B5

monochromatic

#62342A #8D4B3C #B56451 #C78A7C #DAB1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B56451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B56451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56451

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56451	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5575F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.109 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9182',
    500: '#b56451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56451;
$custom-light: #cf9182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59182,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56451

secondary

#9BBFC7

accent

#B9D058

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56451

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

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