#B15566#B15566

#B15566 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.121 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15566
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(349, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 42.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 39.13, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 39.96, 11.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1187 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.121 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7797, 16.8059, 14.5593)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15566 #55B1A0

analogous

#B15594 #B15566 #B17255

triadic

#B15566 #66B155 #5566B1

tetradic

#B15566 #94B155 #55B1A0 #7255B1

square

#B15566 #94B155 #55B1A0 #7255B1

split-complementary

#B15566 #55B172 #5594B1

monochromatic

#602C35 #8A3F4D #B15566 #C47F8C #D7A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B15566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B15566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15566

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15566	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.121 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8891',
    500: '#b15566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15566;
$custom-light: #cc8891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.913,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15566

secondary

#9DC5BE

accent

#CDB85B

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15566

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

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