#B15243#B15243

#B15243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.127 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15243
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 37.51, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 46.37, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1094 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.127 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1638, 15.7896, 7.1896)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15243 #43A2B1

analogous

#B1436B #B15243 #B18943

triadic

#B15243 #43B152 #5243B1

tetradic

#B15243 #6BB143 #43A2B1 #8943B1

square

#B15243 #6BB143 #43A2B1 #8943B1

split-complementary

#B15243 #43B189 #436BB1

monochromatic

#582921 #853D32 #B15243 #C7776A #D8A097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B15243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B15243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15243

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15243	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.127 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8577',
    500: '#b15243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15243;
$custom-light: #ce8577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55474,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15243

secondary

#8CBCC3

accent

#C3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15243

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

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