#B43C16#B43C16

#B43C16 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.163 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43C16
RGB	rgb(180, 60, 22)
HSL	hsl(14, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 47.01, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 66.45, 44.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1304 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.163 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5855, 12.9960, 2.1835)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43C16 #168EB4

analogous

#B4163F #B43C16 #B48B16

triadic

#B43C16 #16B43C #3C16B4

tetradic

#B43C16 #3FB416 #168EB4 #8B16B4

square

#B43C16 #3FB416 #168EB4 #8B16B4

split-complementary

#B43C16 #16B48B #163FB4

monochromatic

#471809 #7D2A0F #B43C16 #E45223 #EB7D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B43C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B43C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43C16

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43C16	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F540E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 60, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.163 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47858',
    500: '#b43c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43c16;
$custom-light: #d47858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.43,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52437,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43C16

secondary

#58B2CE

accent

#C6F533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160903

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43C16

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

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