#B96056#B96056

#B96056 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.117 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96056
RGB	rgb(185, 96, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 34.82, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 41.21, 32.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1032 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.117 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8720, 19.3547, 11.1756)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96056 #56AFB9

analogous

#B9567D #B96056 #B99256

triadic

#B96056 #56B960 #6056B9

tetradic

#B96056 #7DB956 #56AFB9 #9256B9

square

#B96056 #7DB956 #56AFB9 #9256B9

split-complementary

#B96056 #56B992 #567DB9

monochromatic

#69322C #94463D #B96056 #CB8981 #DDB1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B96056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B96056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96056

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96056	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 96, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.117 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28f85',
    500: '#b96056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96056;
$custom-light: #d28f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.061,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59169,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96056

secondary

#A0C6CB

accent

#C5D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96056

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

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