#B56756#B56756

#B56756 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56756
RGB	rgb(181, 103, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 29.48, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 37.52, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0871 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.104 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5877, 20.1986, 11.3534)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56756 #56A4B5

analogous

#B55674 #B56756 #B59756

triadic

#B56756 #56B567 #6756B5

tetradic

#B56756 #74B556 #56A4B5 #9756B5

square

#B56756 #74B556 #56A4B5 #9756B5

split-complementary

#B56756 #56B597 #5674B5

monochromatic

#65362C #8F4D3F #B56756 #C88D81 #DAB4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B56756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B56756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56756

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56756	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 103, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9385',
    500: '#b56756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56756;
$custom-light: #cf9385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.737,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56756

secondary

#9FC1C8

accent

#BACF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56756

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

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