#B8553D#B8553D

#B8553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.134 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8553D
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 38.28, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 50.49, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.11 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.134 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8602, 17.0272, 6.4441)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8553D #3DA0B8

analogous

#B83D63 #B8553D #B8923D

triadic

#B8553D #3DB855 #553DB8

tetradic

#B8553D #63B83D #3DA0B8 #923DB8

square

#B8553D #63B83D #3DA0B8 #923DB8

split-complementary

#B8553D #3DB892 #3D63B8

monochromatic

#5C2B1F #8A402E #B8553D #CC7A66 #DBA294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B8553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B8553D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8553D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8553D	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)

#6F653A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.134 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38773',
    500: '#b8553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8553d;
$custom-light: #d38773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56874,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8553D

secondary

#8ABBC7

accent

#BEDA4E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8553D

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

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