#B55544#B55544

#B55544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.129 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55544
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 37.58, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 47.08, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1094 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.129 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3500, 16.7409, 7.4694)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55544 #44A4B5

analogous

#B5446C #B55544 #B58E44

triadic

#B55544 #44B555 #5544B5

tetradic

#B55544 #6CB544 #44A4B5 #8E44B5

square

#B55544 #6CB544 #44A4B5 #8E44B5

split-complementary

#B55544 #44B58E #446CB5

monochromatic

#5C2B23 #894033 #B55544 #C87B6E #D9A49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B55544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B55544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55544

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55544	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.129 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18778',
    500: '#b55544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55544;
$custom-light: #d18778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.027,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5654,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55544

secondary

#90BDC5

accent

#C1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55544

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

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