#B65538#B65538

#B65538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.133 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B65538
RGB	rgb(182, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 37.22, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 51.22, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.106 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.133 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2559, 16.7305, 5.7453)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B65538 #3899B6

analogous

#B6385A #B65538 #B69438

triadic

#B65538 #38B655 #5538B6

tetradic

#B65538 #5AB638 #3899B6 #9438B6

square

#B65538 #5AB638 #3899B6 #9438B6

split-complementary

#B65538 #38B694 #385AB6

monochromatic

#58291B #873F2A #B65538 #CD775E #DC9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B65538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B65538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B65538

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B65538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B65538	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b65538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.133 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2876f',
    500: '#b65538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b65538;
$custom-light: #d2876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b65538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56506,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B65538

secondary

#84B7C6

accent

#BBDC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B65538

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

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