#B56E5E#B56E5E

#B56E5E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E5E
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 48.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 26.41, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 33.68, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.0787 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.094 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6539, 21.7861, 13.3889)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E5E #5EA5B5

analogous

#B55E7A #B56E5E #B59A5E

triadic

#B56E5E #5EB56E #6E5EB5

tetradic

#B56E5E #7AB55E #5EA5B5 #9A5EB5

square

#B56E5E #7AB55E #5EA5B5 #9A5EB5

split-complementary

#B56E5E #5EB59A #5E7AB5

monochromatic

#693A30 #925243 #B56E5E #C89488 #DCBAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B56E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B56E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E5E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E5E	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F785D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3636A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce988b',
    500: '#b56e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e5e;
$custom-light: #ce988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.034,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6117,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E5E

secondary

#A5C3CA

accent

#B8CD5B

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E5E

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

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