#B2543E#B2543E

#B2543E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.128 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2543E
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 62)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 36.53, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 47.77, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1054 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.128 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4019, 16.1561, 6.4952)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2543E #3E9CB2

analogous

#B23E62 #B2543E #B28E3E

triadic

#B2543E #3EB254 #543EB2

tetradic

#B2543E #62B23E #3E9CB2 #8E3EB2

square

#B2543E #62B23E #3E9CB2 #8E3EB2

split-complementary

#B2543E #3EB28E #3E62B2

monochromatic

#57291E #853F2E #B2543E #C97764 #D99F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B2543E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B2543E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2543E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2543E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2543E	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2543e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.128 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8674',
    500: '#b2543e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2543e;
$custom-light: #cf8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2543e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55847,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2543E

secondary

#88B9C4

accent

#BED850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2543E

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

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