#B04538#B04538

#B04538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.143 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04538
RGB	rgb(176, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 42.84, 30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 52.43, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1241 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.143 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7485, 13.7747, 5.3068)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04538 #38A3B0

analogous

#B03867 #B04538 #B08138

triadic

#B04538 #38B045 #4538B0

tetradic

#B04538 #67B038 #38A3B0 #8138B0

square

#B04538 #67B038 #38A3B0 #8138B0

split-complementary

#B04538 #38B081 #3867B0

monochromatic

#53211A #823329 #B04538 #CB675B #D99289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B04538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B04538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04538

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04538	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C12E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.143 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d6f',
    500: '#b04538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04538;
$custom-light: #ce7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53279,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04538

secondary

#80BCC4

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04538

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

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