#B15657#B15657

#B15657 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.119 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15657
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 37.09, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 40.77, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1111 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.119 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1812, 16.6933, 11.0163)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15657 #56B1B0

analogous

#B15685 #B15657 #B18356

triadic

#B15657 #57B156 #5657B1

tetradic

#B15657 #85B156 #56B1B0 #8356B1

square

#B15657 #85B156 #56B1B0 #8356B1

split-complementary

#B15657 #56B183 #5685B1

monochromatic

#602C2D #8A4041 #B15657 #C48081 #D8AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B15657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B15657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15657

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15657	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.119 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8886',
    500: '#b15657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15657;
$custom-light: #cc8886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.341,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56484,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15657

secondary

#9DC5C5

accent

#CDCC5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15657

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

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