#B15249#B15249

#B15249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.126 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15249
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 37.95, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 44.83, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1118 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.126 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3532, 15.8654, 8.1872)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15249 #49A8B1

analogous

#B14974 #B15249 #B18649

triadic

#B15249 #49B152 #5249B1

tetradic

#B15249 #74B149 #49A8B1 #8649B1

square

#B15249 #74B149 #49A8B1 #8649B1

split-complementary

#B15249 #49B186 #4974B1

monochromatic

#5A2A25 #863E37 #B15249 #C57972 #D7A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B15249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B15249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15249

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15249	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.126 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd857c',
    500: '#b15249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15249;
$custom-light: #cd857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55583,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15249

secondary

#92BFC3

accent

#C7D156

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15249

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

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