#B15740#B15740

#B15740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.123 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15740
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 34.71, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 46.01, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1002 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.123 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4670, 16.5363, 6.8582)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15740 #409AB1

analogous

#B14062 #B15740 #B18F40

triadic

#B15740 #40B157 #5740B1

tetradic

#B15740 #62B140 #409AB1 #8F40B1

square

#B15740 #62B140 #409AB1 #8F40B1

split-complementary

#B15740 #40B18F #4062B1

monochromatic

#572B1F #844130 #B15740 #C87A66 #D8A193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B15740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B15740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15740

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15740	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.123 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8875',
    500: '#b15740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15740;
$custom-light: #ce8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.212,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56199,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15740

secondary

#89B8C3

accent

#BBD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15740

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

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