#B15843#B15843

#B15843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.121 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15843
RGB	rgb(177, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(11, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 34.39, 28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 44.85, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.0998 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.121 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6362, 16.7344, 7.3471)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15843 #439CB1

analogous

#B14365 #B15843 #B18F43

triadic

#B15843 #43B158 #5843B1

tetradic

#B15843 #65B143 #439CB1 #8F43B1

square

#B15843 #65B143 #439CB1 #8F43B1

split-complementary

#B15843 #43B18F #4365B1

monochromatic

#582C21 #854232 #B15843 #C77C6A #D8A397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B15843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B15843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15843

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15843	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)

#6F6641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.121 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8977',
    500: '#b15843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15843;
$custom-light: #cd8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56407,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15843

secondary

#8CB9C3

accent

#BCD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15843

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

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