#B04540#B04540

#B04540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04540
RGB	rgb(176, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 43.33, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 50.35, 30.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1272 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.141 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9600, 13.8593, 6.4209)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04540 #40ABB0

analogous

#B04073 #B04540 #B07D40

triadic

#B04540 #40B045 #4540B0

tetradic

#B04540 #73B040 #40ABB0 #7D40B0

square

#B04540 #73B040 #40ABB0 #7D40B0

split-complementary

#B04540 #40B07D #4073B0

monochromatic

#56221F #833330 #B04540 #C76A66 #D89693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B04540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B04540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04540

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04540	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C12F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d75',
    500: '#b04540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04540;
$custom-light: #ce7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.679,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53411,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04540

secondary

#89C0C3

accent

#D0D651

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04540

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

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