#B55030#B55030

#B55030 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.139 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55030
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 48)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 38.94, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 54.50, 44.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1099 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.139 38)
XYZ	xyz(22.4604, 15.7774, 4.6583)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55030 #3095B5

analogous

#B53053 #B55030 #B59330

triadic

#B55030 #30B550 #5030B5

tetradic

#B55030 #53B530 #3095B5 #9330B5

square

#B55030 #53B530 #3095B5 #9330B5

split-complementary

#B55030 #30B593 #3053B5

monochromatic

#542516 #853B23 #B55030 #D17051 #DE9882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B55030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B55030 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55030

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55030	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.139 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2846a',
    500: '#b55030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55030;
$custom-light: #d2846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55505,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.15774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55030

secondary

#7AB4C7

accent

#BCE146

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55030

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

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