#B56E5C#B56E5C

#B56E5C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.095 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E5C
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 92)
HSL	hsl(12, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 49.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 26.21, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 34.22, 40.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0779 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.095 35)
XYZ	xyz(26.5653, 21.7507, 12.9223)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E5C #5CA3B5

analogous

#B55C76 #B56E5C #B59A5C

triadic

#B56E5C #5CB56E #6E5CB5

tetradic

#B56E5C #76B55C #5CA3B5 #9A5CB5

square

#B56E5C #76B55C #5CA3B5 #9A5CB5

split-complementary

#B56E5C #5CB59A #5C76B5

monochromatic

#683A2F #925242 #B56E5C #C89386 #DBB9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B56E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B56E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E5C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E5C	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F775A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.095 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce988a',
    500: '#b56e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e5c;
$custom-light: #ce988a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.135,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61128,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.21748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E5C

secondary

#A3C2C9

accent

#B6CE5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E5C

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

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