#B56550#B56550

#B56550 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.108 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56550
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 30.04, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 39.70, 40.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.088 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.108 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1595, 19.7129, 10.0678)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56550 #50A0B5

analogous

#B5506D #B56550 #B59750

triadic

#B56550 #50B565 #6550B5

tetradic

#B56550 #6DB550 #50A0B5 #9750B5

square

#B56550 #6DB550 #50A0B5 #9750B5

split-complementary

#B56550 #50B597 #506DB5

monochromatic

#613529 #8C4C3B #B56550 #C78B7B #D9B1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B56550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B56550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56550

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56550	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79704E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.108 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9281',
    500: '#b56550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56550;
$custom-light: #cf9281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.475,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56550

secondary

#9ABDC7

accent

#B7D057

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56550

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

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