#B96255#B96255

#B96255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.115 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96255
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 33.67, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 40.87, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0996 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.115 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0168, 19.7083, 11.0265)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96255 #55ACB9

analogous

#B9557A #B96255 #B99455

triadic

#B96255 #55B962 #6255B9

tetradic

#B96255 #7AB955 #55ACB9 #9455B9

square

#B96255 #7AB955 #55ACB9 #9455B9

split-complementary

#B96255 #55B994 #557AB9

monochromatic

#69332B #94483D #B96255 #CB8A80 #DDB2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B96255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B96255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96255

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96255	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.115 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29085',
    500: '#b96255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96255;
$custom-light: #d29085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59473,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96255

secondary

#9FC5CB

accent

#C1D156

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96255

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

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