#B55545#B55545

#B55545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.128 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55545
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 37.65, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 46.80, 36.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1098 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.128 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3807, 16.7532, 7.6315)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55545 #45A5B5

analogous

#B5456D #B55545 #B58D45

triadic

#B55545 #45B555 #5545B5

tetradic

#B55545 #6DB545 #45A5B5 #8D45B5

square

#B55545 #6DB545 #45A5B5 #8D45B5

split-complementary

#B55545 #45B58D #456DB5

monochromatic

#5C2B23 #894034 #B55545 #C87C6F #D9A49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B55545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B55545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55545

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55545	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)

#6D6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.128 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18779',
    500: '#b55545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55545;
$custom-light: #d18779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56557,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55545

secondary

#91BEC5

accent

#C2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55545

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

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