#B15238#B15238

#B15238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.130 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15238
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 36.80, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 49.69, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1052 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.13 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8646, 15.6699, 5.6138)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15238 #3897B1

analogous

#B1385A #B15238 #B18E38

triadic

#B15238 #38B152 #5238B1

tetradic

#B15238 #5AB138 #3897B1 #8E38B1

square

#B15238 #5AB138 #3897B1 #8E38B1

split-complementary

#B15238 #38B18E #385AB1

monochromatic

#54271B #833C29 #B15238 #CB735B #DA9B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B15238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B15238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15238

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15238	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.130 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce856f',
    500: '#b15238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15238;
$custom-light: #ce856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.893,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55303,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15238

secondary

#81B6C4

accent

#BDDB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15238

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

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