#B15538#B15538

#B15538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.128 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15538
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 35.25, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 49.04, 44.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1005 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.128 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0958, 16.1323, 5.6909)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15538 #3894B1

analogous

#B13857 #B15538 #B19138

triadic

#B15538 #38B155 #5538B1

tetradic

#B15538 #57B138 #3894B1 #9138B1

square

#B15538 #57B138 #3894B1 #9138B1

split-complementary

#B15538 #38B191 #3857B1

monochromatic

#54281B #833F29 #B15538 #CB765B #DA9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B15538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B15538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15538

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15538	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2434E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.128 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce876f',
    500: '#b15538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15538;
$custom-light: #ce876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.38,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55766,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15538

secondary

#81B4C4

accent

#B9DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15538

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

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