#B55539#B55539

#B55539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.132 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55539
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 36.88, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 50.46, 43.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1053 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.132 37)
XYZ	xyz(23.0452, 16.6190, 5.8643)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55539 #3999B5

analogous

#B5395B #B55539 #B59339

triadic

#B55539 #39B555 #5539B5

tetradic

#B55539 #5BB539 #3999B5 #9339B5

square

#B55539 #5BB539 #3999B5 #9339B5

split-complementary

#B55539 #39B593 #395BB5

monochromatic

#58291C #863F2A #B55539 #CD775F #DB9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B55539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B55539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55539

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55539	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)

#6F6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.132 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18770',
    500: '#b55539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55539;
$custom-light: #d18770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56371,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.16616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55539

secondary

#84B7C6

accent

#BBDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55539

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

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