#B15B59#B15B59

#B15B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.112 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15B59
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 34.65, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 38.68, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1037 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.112 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6773, 17.5530, 11.5904)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15B59 #59AFB1

analogous

#B15983 #B15B59 #B18759

triadic

#B15B59 #59B15B #5B59B1

tetradic

#B15B59 #83B159 #59AFB1 #8759B1

square

#B15B59 #83B159 #59AFB1 #8759B1

split-complementary

#B15B59 #59B187 #5983B1

monochromatic

#622F2E #8B4341 #B15B59 #C58483 #D8ADAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B15B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B15B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15B59

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15B59	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.112 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b87',
    500: '#b15b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15b59;
$custom-light: #cc8b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57316,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15B59

secondary

#A0C5C6

accent

#CACC5C

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15B59

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

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