#B15D59#B15D59

#B15D59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.110 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15D59
RGB	rgb(177, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 33.59, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 38.00, 27.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1004 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.11 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8506, 17.8995, 11.6481)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15D59 #59ADB1

analogous

#B15981 #B15D59 #B18959

triadic

#B15D59 #59B15D #5D59B1

tetradic

#B15D59 #81B159 #59ADB1 #8959B1

square

#B15D59 #81B159 #59ADB1 #8959B1

split-complementary

#B15D59 #59B189 #5981B1

monochromatic

#62302E #8B4541 #B15D59 #C58683 #D8AEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B15D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B15D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15D59

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15D59	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0515C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.110 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8c87',
    500: '#b15d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15d59;
$custom-light: #cc8c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15D59

secondary

#A0C4C6

accent

#C7CC5C

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15D59

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

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