#B15950#B15950

#B15950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15950
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 54.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 34.89, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 41.11, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1033 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.116 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1535, 17.0736, 9.6641)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15950 #50A8B1

analogous

#B15077 #B15950 #B18950

triadic

#B15950 #50B159 #5950B1

tetradic

#B15950 #77B150 #50A8B1 #8950B1

square

#B15950 #77B150 #50A8B1 #8950B1

split-complementary

#B15950 #50B189 #5077B1

monochromatic

#5D2E29 #87433C #B15950 #C4817A #D7A9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B15950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B15950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15950

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15950	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a81',
    500: '#b15950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15950;
$custom-light: #cd8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.567,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56805,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15950

secondary

#99C0C4

accent

#C3CE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15950

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

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