#B9656D#B9656D

#B9656D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.108 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9656D
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(354, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(354, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 41.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 34.48, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 36.08, 17.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1043 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.108 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4231, 20.7283, 17.0217)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9656D #65B9B1

analogous

#B96597 #B9656D #B98765

triadic

#B9656D #6DB965 #656DB9

tetradic

#B9656D #97B965 #65B9B1 #8765B9

square

#B9656D #97B965 #65B9B1 #8765B9

split-complementary

#B9656D #65B987 #6597B9

monochromatic

#703339 #9B464E #B9656D #CC8F95 #DFB9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B9656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B9656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9656D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9656D	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A846B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.108 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19296',
    500: '#b9656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9656d;
$custom-light: #d19296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60509,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9656D

secondary

#ACCECB

accent

#CDC35A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9656D

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

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