#B96855#B96855

#B96855 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.108 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96855
RGB	rgb(185, 104, 85)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 30.45, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 39.32, 39.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0896 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.108 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5994, 20.8734, 11.2207)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96855 #55A6B9

analogous

#B95574 #B96855 #B99A55

triadic

#B96855 #55B968 #6855B9

tetradic

#B96855 #74B955 #55A6B9 #9A55B9

square

#B96855 #74B955 #55A6B9 #9A55B9

split-complementary

#B96855 #55B99A #5574B9

monochromatic

#69372B #944D3D #B96855 #CB8F80 #DDB5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B96855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B96855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96855

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96855	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 104, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.108 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29485',
    500: '#b96855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96855;
$custom-light: #d29485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96855

secondary

#9FC2CB

accent

#BAD156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96855

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

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