#B8553C#B8553C

#B8553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.134 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8553C
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 38.22, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 50.80, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1096 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.134 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8335, 17.0165, 6.3035)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8553C #3C9FB8

analogous

#B83C61 #B8553C #B8933C

triadic

#B8553C #3CB855 #553CB8

tetradic

#B8553C #61B83C #3C9FB8 #933CB8

square

#B8553C #61B83C #3C9FB8 #933CB8

split-complementary

#B8553C #3CB893 #3C61B8

monochromatic

#5C2A1E #8A402D #B8553C #CD7A65 #DCA193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B8553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B8553C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8553C

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8553C	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.134 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38772',
    500: '#b8553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8553c;
$custom-light: #d38772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5686,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8553C

secondary

#89BAC7

accent

#BEDA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8553C

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

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