#B56D56#B56D56

#B56D56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.098 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D56
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(15, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 26.19, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 36.20, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0771 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.098 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2061, 21.4353, 11.5596)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D56 #569EB5

analogous

#B5566F #B56D56 #B59C56

triadic

#B56D56 #56B56D #6D56B5

tetradic

#B56D56 #6FB556 #569EB5 #9C56B5

square

#B56D56 #6FB556 #569EB5 #9C56B5

split-complementary

#B56D56 #56B59C #566FB5

monochromatic

#653A2C #8F523F #B56D56 #C89281 #DAB7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B56D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B56D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D56

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D56	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.098 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9786',
    500: '#b56d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d56;
$custom-light: #cf9786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60833,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D56

secondary

#9FBEC8

accent

#B2CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D56

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

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