#B3553B#B3553B

#B3553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.129 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3553B
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 36.22, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 48.93, 42.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1038 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.129 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6304, 16.3992, 6.1105)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3553B #3B99B3

analogous

#B33B5D #B3553B #B3913B

triadic

#B3553B #3BB355 #553BB3

tetradic

#B3553B #5DB33B #3B99B3 #913BB3

square

#B3553B #5DB33B #3B99B3 #913BB3

split-complementary

#B3553B #3BB391 #3B5DB3

monochromatic

#57291D #853F2C #B3553B #CB7760 #DA9F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B3553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B3553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3553B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3553B	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.129 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08772',
    500: '#b3553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3553b;
$custom-light: #d08772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56104,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3553B

secondary

#85B7C5

accent

#BCDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3553B

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

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