#B15342#B15342

#B15342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.126 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15342
RGB	rgb(177, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 36.93, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 46.39, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1074 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.126 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2100, 15.9296, 7.0583)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15342 #42A0B1

analogous

#B14269 #B15342 #B18A42

triadic

#B15342 #42B153 #5342B1

tetradic

#B15342 #69B142 #42A0B1 #8A42B1

square

#B15342 #69B142 #42A0B1 #8A42B1

split-complementary

#B15342 #42B18A #4269B1

monochromatic

#582921 #843E31 #B15342 #C77769 #D8A096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B15342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B15342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15342

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15342	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.126 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8676',
    500: '#b15342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15342;
$custom-light: #ce8676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.189,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5561,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15342

secondary

#8BBBC3

accent

#C1D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15342

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

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