#B15550#B15550

#B15550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.121 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15550
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 54.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 36.98, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 42.35, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1098 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.121 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8297, 16.4259, 9.5561)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15550 #50ACB1

analogous

#B1507B #B15550 #B18550

triadic

#B15550 #50B155 #5550B1

tetradic

#B15550 #7BB150 #50ACB1 #8550B1

square

#B15550 #7BB150 #50ACB1 #8550B1

split-complementary

#B15550 #50B185 #507BB1

monochromatic

#5D2C29 #87403C #B15550 #C47E7A #D7A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B15550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B15550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15550

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15550	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.121 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8781',
    500: '#b15550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15550;
$custom-light: #cd8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.093,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56179,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15550

secondary

#99C2C4

accent

#C8CE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15550

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

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