#B15540#B15540

#B15540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.125 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15540
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 35.76, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 46.48, 39.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1034 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.125 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3073, 16.2169, 6.8049)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15540 #409CB1

analogous

#B14064 #B15540 #B18D40

triadic

#B15540 #40B155 #5540B1

tetradic

#B15540 #64B140 #409CB1 #8D40B1

square

#B15540 #64B140 #409CB1 #8D40B1

split-complementary

#B15540 #40B18D #4064B1

monochromatic

#572A1F #843F30 #B15540 #C87866 #D8A093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B15540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B15540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15540

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15540	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)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.125 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8775',
    500: '#b15540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15540;
$custom-light: #ce8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.15,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55885,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15540

secondary

#89B9C3

accent

#BED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15540

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

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