#B55041#B55041

#B55041 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.135 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55041
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 39.91, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 49.22, 35.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1161 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.135 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8809, 15.9456, 6.8729)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55041 #41A6B5

analogous

#B5416C #B55041 #B58A41

triadic

#B55041 #41B550 #5041B5

tetradic

#B55041 #6CB541 #41A6B5 #8A41B5

square

#B55041 #6CB541 #41A6B5 #8A41B5

split-complementary

#B55041 #41B58A #416CB5

monochromatic

#5B2821 #883C31 #B55041 #C9766A #DA9F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B55041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B55041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55041

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55041	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.135 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18476',
    500: '#b55041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55041;
$custom-light: #d18476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55745,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55041

secondary

#8CBEC5

accent

#C5D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55041

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

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