#B15539#B15539

#B15539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.127 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15539
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 35.31, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 48.71, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1008 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.127 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1205, 16.1422, 5.8210)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15539 #3995B1

analogous

#B13959 #B15539 #B19139

triadic

#B15539 #39B155 #5539B1

tetradic

#B15539 #59B139 #3995B1 #9139B1

square

#B15539 #59B139 #3995B1 #9139B1

split-complementary

#B15539 #39B191 #3959B1

monochromatic

#54291B #833F2A #B15539 #CB765D #DA9D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B15539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B15539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15539

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15539	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)

#6D6336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.127 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8770',
    500: '#b15539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15539;
$custom-light: #ce8770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5578,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15539

secondary

#82B5C4

accent

#BADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15539

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

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