#B55032#B55032

#B55032 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.139 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55032
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 39.04, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 53.83, 43.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1106 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.139 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5027, 15.7943, 4.8806)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55032 #3297B5

analogous

#B53256 #B55032 #B59132

triadic

#B55032 #32B550 #5032B5

tetradic

#B55032 #56B532 #3297B5 #9132B5

square

#B55032 #56B532 #3297B5 #9132B5

split-complementary

#B55032 #32B591 #3256B5

monochromatic

#552618 #853B25 #B55032 #D07154 #DD9984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B55032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B55032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55032

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55032	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.139 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2846b',
    500: '#b55032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55032;
$custom-light: #d2846b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.74,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55529,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55032

secondary

#7CB6C7

accent

#BDE048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55032

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

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