#B55232#B55232

#B55232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.137 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55232
RGB	rgb(181, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 38.04, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 53.41, 44.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1075 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.137 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6513, 16.0915, 4.9302)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55232 #3295B5

analogous

#B53254 #B55232 #B59332

triadic

#B55232 #32B552 #5232B5

tetradic

#B55232 #54B532 #3295B5 #9332B5

square

#B55232 #54B532 #3295B5 #9332B5

split-complementary

#B55232 #32B593 #3254B5

monochromatic

#552718 #853C25 #B55232 #D07354 #DD9A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B55232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B55232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55232

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55232	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.137 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2856b',
    500: '#b55232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55232;
$custom-light: #d2856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.656,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55826,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55232

secondary

#7CB4C7

accent

#BBE048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55232

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

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