#B8554E#B8554E

#B8554E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.130 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8554E
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 39.46, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 45.88, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1166 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.13 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3928, 17.2403, 9.2494)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8554E #4EB1B8

analogous

#B84E7C #B8554E #B88A4E

triadic

#B8554E #4EB855 #554EB8

tetradic

#B8554E #7CB84E #4EB1B8 #8A4EB8

square

#B8554E #7CB84E #4EB1B8 #8A4EB8

split-complementary

#B8554E #4EB88A #4E7CB8

monochromatic

#642C28 #8F3F39 #B8554E #CA7F7A #DBA9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B8554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B8554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8554E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8554E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.130 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2887f',
    500: '#b8554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8554e;
$custom-light: #d2887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.962,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57163,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8554E

secondary

#9AC5C8

accent

#CAD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8554E

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

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