#B4162F#B4162F

#B4162F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.188 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4162F
RGB	rgb(180, 22, 47)
HSL	hsl(351, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, 59.75, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 66.70, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.1752 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.188 21)
XYZ	xyz(19.6248, 10.4856, 3.6794)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4162F #16B49B

analogous

#B4167E #B4162F #B44C16

triadic

#B4162F #2FB416 #162FB4

tetradic

#B4162F #7EB416 #16B49B #4C16B4

square

#B4162F #7EB416 #16B49B #4C16B4

split-complementary

#B4162F #16B44C #167EB4

monochromatic

#470913 #7D0F21 #B4162F #E42342 #EB5A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#B4162F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#B4162F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4162F

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4162F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4162F	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4162f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 22, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.188 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46967',
    500: '#b4162f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4162f;
$custom-light: #d46967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4162f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.506,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49489,
    "c": 0.1876,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.10482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4162F

secondary

#58CEBB

accent

#F5D633

background

#FEF6F6

surface

#FCECEB

border

#D5C7C6

text

#160706

muted

#847A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4162F

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

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