#B43221#B43221

#B43221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.169 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43221
RGB	rgb(180, 50, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 51.29, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 65.38, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1455 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.169 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2399, 12.0974, 2.7079)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43221 #21A3B4

analogous

#B4215A #B43221 #B47C21

triadic

#B43221 #21B432 #3221B4

tetradic

#B43221 #5AB421 #21A3B4 #7C21B4

square

#B43221 #5AB421 #21A3B4 #7C21B4

split-complementary

#B43221 #21B47C #215AB4

monochromatic

#4D150E #802418 #B43221 #DA4B38 #E4796B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B43221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B43221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43221

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43221	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 50, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.169 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4735e',
    500: '#b43221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43221;
$custom-light: #d4735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.939,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51423,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43221

secondary

#67BFCA

accent

#D8EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43221

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

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