#B6493B#B6493B

#B6493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.145 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6493B
RGB	rgb(182, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(7, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 67.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 43.31, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 53.17, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1255 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.145 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4656, 15.0289, 5.8547)
Luminance	0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6493B #3BA8B6

analogous

#B63B6B #B6493B #B6863B

triadic

#B6493B #3BB649 #493BB6

tetradic

#B6493B #6BB63B #3BA8B6 #863BB6

square

#B6493B #6BB63B #3BA8B6 #863BB6

split-complementary

#B6493B #3BB686 #3B6BB6

monochromatic

#5A241D #88362C #B6493B #CC6E62 #DB9990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#B6493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B6493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B6493B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B6493B	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.145 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28071',
    500: '#b6493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6493b;
$custom-light: #d28071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.829,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54818,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6493B

secondary

#87BFC6

accent

#CADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6493B

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

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