#B15563#B15563

#B15563 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.120 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15563
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 99)
HSL	hsl(351, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 44.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 38.81, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 40.03, 14.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1175 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.12 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6336, 16.7474, 13.7899)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15563 #55B1A3

analogous

#B15591 #B15563 #B17555

triadic

#B15563 #63B155 #5563B1

tetradic

#B15563 #91B155 #55B1A3 #7555B1

square

#B15563 #91B155 #55B1A3 #7555B1

split-complementary

#B15563 #55B175 #5591B1

monochromatic

#602C34 #8A3F4A #B15563 #C47F89 #D7A9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B15563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B15563 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15563

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15563	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.120 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc878f',
    500: '#b15563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15563;
$custom-light: #cc878f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.87,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56625,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15563

secondary

#9DC5BF

accent

#CDBC5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15563

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

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