#B65638#B65638

#B65638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.132 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B65638
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 36.70, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 51.01, 43.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1044 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.132 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3352, 16.8891, 5.7717)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B65638 #3898B6

analogous

#B63859 #B65638 #B69538

triadic

#B65638 #38B656 #5638B6

tetradic

#B65638 #59B638 #3898B6 #9538B6

square

#B65638 #59B638 #3898B6 #9538B6

split-complementary

#B65638 #38B695 #3859B6

monochromatic

#582A1B #87402A #B65638 #CD785E #DC9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B65638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B65638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B65638

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B65638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B65638	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b65638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.132 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28870',
    500: '#b65638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b65638;
$custom-light: #d28870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b65638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5666,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B65638

secondary

#84B6C6

accent

#BADC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B65638

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

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