#B43A48#B43A48

#B43A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.157 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43A48
RGB	rgb(180, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, 50.10, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 53.83, 21.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1496 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.157 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5072, 13.2003, 7.5450)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43A48 #3AB4A6

analogous

#B43A85 #B43A48 #B4693A

triadic

#B43A48 #48B43A #3A48B4

tetradic

#B43A48 #85B43A #3AB4A6 #693AB4

square

#B43A48 #85B43A #3AB4A6 #693AB4

split-complementary

#B43A48 #3AB469 #3A85B4

monochromatic

#571C23 #862B35 #B43A48 #CC606C #DB8E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B43A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B43A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43A48

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43A48	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.157 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1787a',
    500: '#b43a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43a48;
$custom-light: #d1787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52864,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43A48

secondary

#85C5BE

accent

#DBCA4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43A48

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

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