#B56456#B56456

#B56456 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.107 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56456
RGB	rgb(181, 100, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 31.11, 22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 38.30, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.0921 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.107 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2947, 19.6125, 11.2558)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56456 #56A7B5

analogous

#B55678 #B56456 #B59456

triadic

#B56456 #56B564 #6456B5

tetradic

#B56456 #78B556 #56A7B5 #9456B5

square

#B56456 #78B556 #56A7B5 #9456B5

split-complementary

#B56456 #56B594 #5678B5

monochromatic

#65342C #8F4B3F #B56456 #C88B81 #DAB2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B56456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B56456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56456

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56456	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 100, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.107 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9185',
    500: '#b56456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56456;
$custom-light: #cf9185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.842,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59279,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56456

secondary

#9FC2C8

accent

#BECF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56456

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

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