#B1523D#B1523D

#B1523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.129 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1523D
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 65.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 37.11, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 48.11, 39.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1071 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.129 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9930, 15.7213, 6.2903)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1523D #3D9CB1

analogous

#B13D62 #B1523D #B18C3D

triadic

#B1523D #3DB152 #523DB1

tetradic

#B1523D #62B13D #3D9CB1 #8C3DB1

square

#B1523D #62B13D #3D9CB1 #8C3DB1

split-complementary

#B1523D #3DB18C #3D62B1

monochromatic

#56281E #833D2D #B1523D #C97562 #D99D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B1523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B1523D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1523D

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1523D	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.129 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8573',
    500: '#b1523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1523d;
$custom-light: #ce8573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.862,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55376,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1523D

secondary

#86B9C4

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1523D

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

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