#B55536#B55536

#B55536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.133 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55536
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 36.72, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 51.45, 44.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1042 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.133 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9726, 16.5899, 5.4818)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55536 #3696B5

analogous

#B53656 #B55536 #B59436

triadic

#B55536 #36B555 #5536B5

tetradic

#B55536 #56B536 #3696B5 #9436B5

square

#B55536 #56B536 #3696B5 #9436B5

split-complementary

#B55536 #36B594 #3656B5

monochromatic

#57291A #863F28 #B55536 #CE775A #DC9E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B55536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B55536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55536

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55536	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.133 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1876e',
    500: '#b55536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55536;
$custom-light: #d1876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.646,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55536

secondary

#81B5C6

accent

#BADD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55536

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

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