#B1452B#B1452B

#B1452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.147 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1452B
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 42.55, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 56.81, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1205 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.147 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6978, 13.7806, 3.8551)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1452B #2B97B1

analogous

#B12B54 #B1452B #B1882B

triadic

#B1452B #2BB145 #452BB1

tetradic

#B1452B #54B12B #2B97B1 #882BB1

square

#B1452B #54B12B #2B97B1 #882BB1

split-complementary

#B1452B #2BB188 #2B54B1

monochromatic

#4F1F13 #80321F #B1452B #D26247 #DE8C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B1452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B1452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1452B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1452B	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.147 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d66',
    500: '#b1452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1452b;
$custom-light: #d07d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53267,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1452B

secondary

#72B6C6

accent

#C5E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1452B

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

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