#B95656#B95656

#B95656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.129 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B95656
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 39.99, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 44.42, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1193 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.129 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0170, 17.6446, 10.8906)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B95656 #56B9B9

analogous

#B95687 #B95656 #B98756

triadic

#B95656 #56B956 #5656B9

tetradic

#B95656 #87B956 #56B9B9 #8756B9

square

#B95656 #87B956 #56B9B9 #8756B9

split-complementary

#B95656 #56B987 #5687B9

monochromatic

#692C2C #943D3D #B95656 #CB8181 #DDADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B95656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B95656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B95656

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B95656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B95656	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b95656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.129 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38885',
    500: '#b95656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b95656;
$custom-light: #d38885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b95656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57622,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B95656

secondary

#A0CBCB

accent

#D1D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B95656

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

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