#B15545#B15545

#B15545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.124 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15545
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 36.11, 26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 45.02, 36.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1054 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.124 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4560, 16.2764, 7.5882)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15545 #45A1B1

analogous

#B1456B #B15545 #B18B45

triadic

#B15545 #45B155 #5545B1

tetradic

#B15545 #6BB145 #45A1B1 #8B45B1

square

#B15545 #6BB145 #45A1B1 #8B45B1

split-complementary

#B15545 #45B18B #456BB1

monochromatic

#592B23 #854034 #B15545 #C67A6D #D7A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B15545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B15545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15545

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15545	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)

#6C6443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.124 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8779',
    500: '#b15545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15545;
$custom-light: #cd8779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55969,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15545

secondary

#8EBCC3

accent

#C1D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15545

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

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