#B56552#B56552

#B56552 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56552
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 82)
HSL	hsl(12, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 30.21, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 39.12, 39.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0888 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.108 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2345, 19.7428, 10.4628)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56552 #52A2B5

analogous

#B55271 #B56552 #B59752

triadic

#B56552 #52B565 #6552B5

tetradic

#B56552 #71B552 #52A2B5 #9752B5

square

#B56552 #71B552 #52A2B5 #9752B5

split-complementary

#B56552 #52B597 #5271B5

monochromatic

#62352A #8D4C3C #B56552 #C78B7D #DAB1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B56552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B56552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56552

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56552	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9283',
    500: '#b56552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56552;
$custom-light: #cf9283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.515,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56552

secondary

#9CBFC7

accent

#B9D058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56552

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

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