#B1553E#B1553E

#B1553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.126 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1553E
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 35.62, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 47.10, 40.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1027 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.126 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2514, 16.1946, 6.5106)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1553E #3E9AB1

analogous

#B13E61 #B1553E #B18F3E

triadic

#B1553E #3EB155 #553EB1

tetradic

#B1553E #61B13E #3E9AB1 #8F3EB1

square

#B1553E #61B13E #3E9AB1 #8F3EB1

split-complementary

#B1553E #3EB18F #3E61B1

monochromatic

#56291E #843F2E #B1553E #C97864 #D89F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B1553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B1553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1553E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1553E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.126 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8774',
    500: '#b1553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1553e;
$custom-light: #ce8774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55854,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1553E

secondary

#87B8C4

accent

#BDD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1553E

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

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