#B65656#B65656

#B65656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.125 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B65656
RGB	rgb(182, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 38.87, 18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 43.11, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1161 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.125 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3007, 17.2753, 10.8570)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B65656 #56B6B6

analogous

#B65686 #B65656 #B68656

triadic

#B65656 #56B656 #5656B6

tetradic

#B65656 #86B656 #56B6B6 #8656B6

square

#B65656 #86B656 #56B6B6 #8656B6

split-complementary

#B65656 #56B686 #5686B6

monochromatic

#662C2C #903E3E #B65656 #C88181 #DBABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B65656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B65656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B65656

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B65656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B65656	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b65656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.125 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08885',
    500: '#b65656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b65656;
$custom-light: #d08885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b65656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57185,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B65656

secondary

#9FC9C9

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B65656

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

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