#B96253#B96253

#B96253 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.115 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96253
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 33.50, 24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 41.37, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0988 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.115 31)
XYZ	xyz(25.9385, 19.6769, 10.6140)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96253 #53AAB9

analogous

#B95377 #B96253 #B99553

triadic

#B96253 #53B962 #6253B9

tetradic

#B96253 #77B953 #53AAB9 #9553B9

square

#B96253 #77B953 #53AAB9 #9553B9

split-complementary

#B96253 #53B995 #5377B9

monochromatic

#67332A #93493C #B96253 #CB8A7E #DCB1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B96253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B96253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96253

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96253	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9545E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.115 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29083',
    500: '#b96253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96253;
$custom-light: #d29083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.19674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96253

secondary

#9EC4CA

accent

#C0D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96253

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

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