#B0493E#B0493E

#B0493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.137 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0493E
RGB	rgb(176, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 41.29, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 49.72, 33.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1204 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.137 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1585, 14.3457, 6.2113)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0493E #3EA5B0

analogous

#B03E6C #B0493E #B0823E

triadic

#B0493E #3EB049 #493EB0

tetradic

#B0493E #6CB03E #3EA5B0 #823EB0

square

#B0493E #6CB03E #3EA5B0 #823EB0

split-complementary

#B0493E #3EB082 #3E6CB0

monochromatic

#55231E #83362E #B0493E #C86D63 #D89790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B0493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B0493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0493E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0493E	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.137 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f73',
    500: '#b0493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0493e;
$custom-light: #ce7f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53924,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0493E

secondary

#87BDC3

accent

#CAD750

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0493E

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

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