#B15B40#B15B40

#B15B40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.119 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15B40
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 32.60, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 45.14, 43.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0937 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.119 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7999, 17.2020, 6.9691)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15B40 #4096B1

analogous

#B1405E #B15B40 #B19340

triadic

#B15B40 #40B15B #5B40B1

tetradic

#B15B40 #5EB140 #4096B1 #9340B1

square

#B15B40 #5EB140 #4096B1 #9340B1

split-complementary

#B15B40 #40B193 #405EB1

monochromatic

#572D1F #844430 #B15B40 #C87E66 #D8A493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B15B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B15B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15B40

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15B40	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.119 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8b75',
    500: '#b15b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15b40;
$custom-light: #cd8b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.336,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56843,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15B40

secondary

#89B6C3

accent

#B7D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15B40

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

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