#B9656A#B9656A

#B9656A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 17.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9656A
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 106)
HSL	hsl(356, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 42.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 34.15, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 36.29, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1031 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.108 17)
XYZ	xyz(27.2643, 20.6648, 16.1857)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9656A #65B9B4

analogous

#B96594 #B9656A #B98A65

triadic

#B9656A #6AB965 #656AB9

tetradic

#B9656A #94B965 #65B9B4 #8A65B9

square

#B9656A #94B965 #65B9B4 #8A65B9

split-complementary

#B9656A #65B98A #6594B9

monochromatic

#703337 #9B464B #B9656A #CC8F93 #DFB9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B9656A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B9656A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9656A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9656A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9656A	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76736A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9656a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19294',
    500: '#b9656a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9656a;
$custom-light: #d19294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9656a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.429,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60433,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.20662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9656A

secondary

#ACCECC

accent

#CDC75A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9656A

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

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