#B65537#B65537

#B65537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.134 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B65537
RGB	rgb(182, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 37.16, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 51.55, 43.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1056 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.134 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2317, 16.7208, 5.6177)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B65537 #3798B6

analogous

#B63759 #B65537 #B69537

triadic

#B65537 #37B655 #5537B6

tetradic

#B65537 #59B637 #3798B6 #9537B6

square

#B65537 #59B637 #3798B6 #9537B6

split-complementary

#B65537 #37B695 #3759B6

monochromatic

#58291B #873F29 #B65537 #CE775C #DC9E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B65537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B65537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B65537

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B65537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B65537	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b65537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.134 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2876f',
    500: '#b65537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b65537;
$custom-light: #d2876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b65537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.173,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56493,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B65537

secondary

#82B6C6

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B65537

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

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