#B15542#B15542

#B15542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.124 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15542
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 35.89, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 45.88, 38.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1042 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.124 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3653, 16.2401, 7.1101)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15542 #429EB1

analogous

#B14267 #B15542 #B18C42

triadic

#B15542 #42B155 #5542B1

tetradic

#B15542 #67B142 #429EB1 #8C42B1

square

#B15542 #67B142 #429EB1 #8C42B1

split-complementary

#B15542 #42B18C #4267B1

monochromatic

#582A21 #844031 #B15542 #C77969 #D8A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B15542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B15542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15542

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15542	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.124 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8777',
    500: '#b15542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15542;
$custom-light: #ce8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.27,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55918,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15542

secondary

#8BBAC3

accent

#BFD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15542

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

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