#B56A57#B56A57

#B56A57 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.101 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56A57
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 87)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 27.94, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 36.53, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.0825 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.101 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9321, 20.8224, 11.6684)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56A57 #57A2B5

analogous

#B55773 #B56A57 #B59957

triadic

#B56A57 #57B56A #6A57B5

tetradic

#B56A57 #73B557 #57A2B5 #9957B5

square

#B56A57 #73B557 #57A2B5 #9957B5

split-complementary

#B56A57 #57B599 #5773B5

monochromatic

#65382D #904F3F #B56A57 #C89081 #DAB5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B56A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B56A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56A57

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56A57	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.101 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9586',
    500: '#b56a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56a57;
$custom-light: #cf9586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.128,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56A57

secondary

#9FC0C8

accent

#B7CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56A57

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

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