#B4261C#B4261C

#B4261C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.180 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4261C
RGB	rgb(180, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 55.19, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 69.19, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.1567 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.18 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7276, 11.1766, 2.2170)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4261C #1CAAB4

analogous

#B41C5E #B4261C #B4721C

triadic

#B4261C #1CB426 #261CB4

tetradic

#B4261C #5EB41C #1CAAB4 #721CB4

square

#B4261C #5EB41C #1CAAB4 #721CB4

split-complementary

#B4261C #1CB472 #1C5EB4

monochromatic

#4A100C #7F1B14 #B4261C #DF3A2F #E76C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B4261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B4261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4261C

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4261C	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.180 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e5a',
    500: '#b4261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4261c;
$custom-light: #d46e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.947,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50295,
    "c": 0.17952,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4261C

secondary

#60C5CC

accent

#E4F038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4261C

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

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