#B55036#B55036

#B55036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.138 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55036
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 39.25, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 52.53, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.112 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.138 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5928, 15.8303, 5.3552)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55036 #369BB5

analogous

#B5365B #B55036 #B58F36

triadic

#B55036 #36B550 #5036B5

tetradic

#B55036 #5BB536 #369BB5 #8F36B5

square

#B55036 #5BB536 #369BB5 #8F36B5

split-complementary

#B55036 #36B58F #365BB5

monochromatic

#57261A #863B28 #B55036 #CE725A #DC9A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B55036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B55036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55036

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55036	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.138 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2846e',
    500: '#b55036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55036;
$custom-light: #d2846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55581,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55036

secondary

#81B8C6

accent

#BFDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55036

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

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