#B15440#B15440

#B15440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.126 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15440
RGB	rgb(177, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 36.27, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 46.72, 39.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1051 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.126 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2291, 16.0606, 6.7789)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15440 #409DB1

analogous

#B14065 #B15440 #B18C40

triadic

#B15440 #40B154 #5440B1

tetradic

#B15440 #65B140 #409DB1 #8C40B1

square

#B15440 #65B140 #409DB1 #8C40B1

split-complementary

#B15440 #40B18C #4065B1

monochromatic

#57291F #843F30 #B15440 #C87866 #D89F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B15440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B15440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15440

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15440	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.126 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8675',
    500: '#b15440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15440;
$custom-light: #ce8675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.619,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5573,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15440

secondary

#89B9C3

accent

#BFD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15440

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

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