#B96261#B96261

#B96261 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.112 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96261
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 34.80, 16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 38.49, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1044 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.112 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5346, 19.9154, 13.7536)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96261 #61B8B9

analogous

#B9618C #B96261 #B98E61

triadic

#B96261 #61B962 #6261B9

tetradic

#B96261 #8CB961 #61B8B9 #8E61B9

square

#B96261 #8CB961 #61B8B9 #8E61B9

split-complementary

#B96261 #61B98E #618CB9

monochromatic

#6F3231 #994544 #B96261 #CC8C8B #DFB6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B96261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B96261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96261

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96261	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A825F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.112 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2908d',
    500: '#b96261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96261;
$custom-light: #d2908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.682,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59729,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96261

secondary

#A9CDCD

accent

#CDCF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96261

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

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