#B8686A#B8686A

#B8686A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.103 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8686A
RGB	rgb(184, 104, 106)
HSL	hsl(359, 36%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 42.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 32.15, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 34.68, 22.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.0971 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.103 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3205, 21.1341, 16.2733)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8686A #68B8B6

analogous

#B86892 #B8686A #B88E68

triadic

#B8686A #6AB868 #686AB8

tetradic

#B8686A #92B868 #68B8B6 #8E68B8

square

#B8686A #92B868 #68B8B6 #8E68B8

split-complementary

#B8686A #68B88E #6892B8

monochromatic

#713536 #9A494B #B8686A #CC9293 #DFBBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B8686A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B8686A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8686A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8686A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8686A	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78756A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8686a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 104, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.103 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09494',
    500: '#b8686a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8686a;
$custom-light: #d09494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8686a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 36.036,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60797,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8686A

secondary

#ADCECE

accent

#CCC95C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8686A

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

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