#B04A42#B04A42

#B04A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.135 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04A42
RGB	rgb(176, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 41.06, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 48.42, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1204 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.135 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.3386, 14.5237, 6.8329)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04A42 #42A8B0

analogous

#B04271 #B04A42 #B08142

triadic

#B04A42 #42B04A #4A42B0

tetradic

#B04A42 #71B042 #42A8B0 #8142B0

square

#B04A42 #71B042 #42A8B0 #8142B0

split-complementary

#B04A42 #42B081 #4271B0

monochromatic

#572521 #833731 #B04A42 #C76F69 #D79A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B04A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B04A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04A42

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04A42	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.135 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8076',
    500: '#b04a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04a42;
$custom-light: #cd8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54134,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04A42

secondary

#8BBFC3

accent

#CCD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04A42

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

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