#B55848#B55848

#B55848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.124 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55848
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 36.32, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 45.18, 36.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1062 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.124 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7174, 17.2738, 8.2148)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55848 #48A5B5

analogous

#B5486F #B55848 #B58E48

triadic

#B55848 #48B558 #5848B5

tetradic

#B55848 #6FB548 #48A5B5 #8E48B5

square

#B55848 #6FB548 #48A5B5 #8E48B5

split-complementary

#B55848 #48B58E #486FB5

monochromatic

#5D2D25 #894337 #B55848 #C77F73 #D9A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B55848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B55848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55848

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55848	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.124 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0897b',
    500: '#b55848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55848;
$custom-light: #d0897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.807,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57071,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55848

secondary

#93BEC5

accent

#C0D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55848

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

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