#B15537#B15537

#B15537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.128 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15537
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 35.19, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 49.38, 44.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1001 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.128 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0716, 16.1226, 5.5634)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15537 #3793B1

analogous

#B13756 #B15537 #B19237

triadic

#B15537 #37B155 #5537B1

tetradic

#B15537 #56B137 #3793B1 #9237B1

square

#B15537 #56B137 #3793B1 #9237B1

split-complementary

#B15537 #37B192 #3756B1

monochromatic

#54281A #823F28 #B15537 #CC765A #DA9C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B15537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B15537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15537

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15537	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2434E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.128 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce876f',
    500: '#b15537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15537;
$custom-light: #ce876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55752,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15537

secondary

#80B3C4

accent

#B9DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15537

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

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