#B55849#B55849

#B55849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.124 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55849
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 36.40, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 44.91, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1066 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.124 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7503, 17.2870, 8.3880)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55849 #49A6B5

analogous

#B54970 #B55849 #B58E49

triadic

#B55849 #49B558 #5849B5

tetradic

#B55849 #70B549 #49A6B5 #8E49B5

square

#B55849 #70B549 #49A6B5 #8E49B5

split-complementary

#B55849 #49B58E #4970B5

monochromatic

#5E2E26 #894337 #B55849 #C78074 #D9A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B55849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B55849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55849

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55849	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.124 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0897c',
    500: '#b55849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55849;
$custom-light: #d0897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57088,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55849

secondary

#94BFC5

accent

#C1D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55849

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

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