#B15233#B15233

#B15233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.132 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15233
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 36.53, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 51.35, 44.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1034 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.132 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7484, 15.6234, 5.0017)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15233 #3392B1

analogous

#B13353 #B15233 #B19133

triadic

#B15233 #33B152 #5233B1

tetradic

#B15233 #53B133 #3392B1 #9133B1

square

#B15233 #53B133 #3392B1 #9133B1

split-complementary

#B15233 #33B191 #3353B1

monochromatic

#522618 #813C25 #B15233 #CE7254 #DB9983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B15233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B15233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15233

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15233	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.132 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf856c',
    500: '#b15233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15233;
$custom-light: #cf856c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.762,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55236,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15233

secondary

#7BB3C5

accent

#BADF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15233

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

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