#B5656D#B5656D

#B5656D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.103 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5656D
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(354, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 39.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 32.97, 9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 34.39, 16.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0998 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.103 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4714, 20.2376, 16.9771)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5656D #65B5AD

analogous

#B56595 #B5656D #B58565

triadic

#B5656D #6DB565 #656DB5

tetradic

#B5656D #95B565 #65B5AD #8565B5

square

#B5656D #95B565 #65B5AD #8565B5

split-complementary

#B5656D #65B585 #6595B5

monochromatic

#6C3439 #95484F #B5656D #C98E94 #DDB8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B5656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B5656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5656D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5656D	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74736D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88826B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.103 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9296',
    500: '#b5656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5656d;
$custom-light: #ce9296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5998,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5656D

secondary

#AACCC8

accent

#CBC05D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5656D

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

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