#B15541#B15541

#B15541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.125 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15541
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 35.82, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 46.18, 39.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1038 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.125 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3360, 16.2284, 6.9562)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15541 #419DB1

analogous

#B14165 #B15541 #B18D41

triadic

#B15541 #41B155 #5541B1

tetradic

#B15541 #65B141 #419DB1 #8D41B1

square

#B15541 #65B141 #419DB1 #8D41B1

split-complementary

#B15541 #41B18D #4165B1

monochromatic

#572A20 #844031 #B15541 #C77968 #D8A195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B15541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B15541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15541

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15541	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.125 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8776',
    500: '#b15541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15541;
$custom-light: #ce8776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55902,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15541

secondary

#8AB9C3

accent

#BED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15541

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

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