#B55853#B55853

#B55853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.122 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55853
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 37.21, 20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 42.56, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1106 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.122 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1089, 17.4304, 10.2767)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55853 #53B0B5

analogous

#B5537F #B55853 #B58953

triadic

#B55853 #53B558 #5853B5

tetradic

#B55853 #7FB553 #53B0B5 #8953B5

square

#B55853 #7FB553 #53B0B5 #8953B5

split-complementary

#B55853 #53B589 #537FB5

monochromatic

#632D2B #8E413D #B55853 #C7827E #DAABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B55853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B55853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55853

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55853	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.122 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08983',
    500: '#b55853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55853;
$custom-light: #d08983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.061,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57282,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55853

secondary

#9CC5C7

accent

#CAD058

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55853

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

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