#B1482D#B1482D

#B1482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.143 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1482D
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 45)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 41.21, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 55.49, 42.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1168 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.143 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9246, 14.1741, 4.1161)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1482D #2D96B1

analogous

#B12D54 #B1482D #B18A2D

triadic

#B1482D #2DB148 #482DB1

tetradic

#B1482D #54B12D #2D96B1 #8A2DB1

square

#B1482D #54B12D #2D96B1 #8A2DB1

split-complementary

#B1482D #2DB18A #2D54B1

monochromatic

#4F2014 #803421 #B1482D #D1664A #DD8F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B1482D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B1482D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1482D

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1482D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1482D	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.143 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f67',
    500: '#b1482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1482d;
$custom-light: #d07f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53701,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1482D

secondary

#74B5C6

accent

#C2E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1482D

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

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