#B55949#B55949

#B55949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.123 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55949
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 35.88, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 44.65, 36.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.105 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.123 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8330, 17.4523, 8.4156)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55949 #49A5B5

analogous

#B5496F #B55949 #B58F49

triadic

#B55949 #49B559 #5949B5

tetradic

#B55949 #6FB549 #49A5B5 #8F49B5

square

#B55949 #6FB549 #49A5B5 #8F49B5

split-complementary

#B55949 #49B58F #496FB5

monochromatic

#5E2E26 #894437 #B55949 #C78074 #D9A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B55949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B55949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55949

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55949	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)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.123 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08a7c',
    500: '#b55949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55949;
$custom-light: #d08a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55949

secondary

#94BEC5

accent

#C0D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55949

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

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