#B5503E#B5503E

#B5503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.135 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5503E
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 39.71, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 50.08, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1149 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.135 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7963, 15.9117, 6.4273)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5503E #3EA3B5

analogous

#B53E67 #B5503E #B58C3E

triadic

#B5503E #3EB550 #503EB5

tetradic

#B5503E #67B53E #3EA3B5 #8C3EB5

square

#B5503E #67B53E #3EA3B5 #8C3EB5

split-complementary

#B5503E #3EB58C #3E67B5

monochromatic

#5A281F #873C2E #B5503E #CA7566 #DA9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B5503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B5503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5503E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5503E	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.135 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18474',
    500: '#b5503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5503e;
$custom-light: #d18474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55696,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5503E

secondary

#89BCC5

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5503E

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

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