#B8554B#B8554B

#B8554B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.130 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8554B
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(6, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 39.23, 25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 46.57, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1154 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.13 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2877, 17.1982, 8.6958)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8554B #4BAEB8

analogous

#B84B77 #B8554B #B88B4B

triadic

#B8554B #4BB855 #554BB8

tetradic

#B8554B #77B84B #4BAEB8 #8B4BB8

square

#B8554B #77B84B #4BAEB8 #8B4BB8

split-complementary

#B8554B #4BB88B #4B77B8

monochromatic

#622C27 #8E4038 #B8554B #C97E77 #DBA8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B8554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B8554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8554B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8554B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.130 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3887d',
    500: '#b8554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8554b;
$custom-light: #d3887d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.505,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57107,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8554B

secondary

#97C3C8

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8554B

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

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