#B55152#B55152

#B55152 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.130 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55152
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 40.68, 19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 45.06, 25.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1213 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.13 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5234, 16.3206, 9.8924)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55152 #51B5B4

analogous

#B55184 #B55152 #B58251

triadic

#B55152 #52B551 #5152B5

tetradic

#B55152 #84B551 #51B5B4 #8251B5

square

#B55152 #84B551 #51B5B4 #8251B5

split-complementary

#B55152 #51B582 #5184B5

monochromatic

#622A2A #8D3C3D #B55152 #C77C7D #DAA7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B55152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B55152 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55152

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55152	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.130 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08582',
    500: '#b55152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55152;
$custom-light: #d08582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56211,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55152

secondary

#9BC7C7

accent

#D0CF58

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55152

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

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