#B43C2A#B43C2A

#B43C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.159 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43C2A
RGB	rgb(180, 60, 42)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 47.62, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 60.47, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% 0.1358 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.159 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8585, 13.1052, 3.6213)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43C2A #2AA2B4

analogous

#B42A5D #B43C2A #B4812A

triadic

#B43C2A #2AB43C #3C2AB4

tetradic

#B43C2A #5DB42A #2AA2B4 #812AB4

square

#B43C2A #5DB42A #2AA2B4 #812AB4

split-complementary

#B43C2A #2AB481 #2A5DB4

monochromatic

#511B13 #822B1E #B43C2A #D45947 #E08679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#B43C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B43C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43C2A

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43C2A	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 60, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.159 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37865',
    500: '#b43c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43c2a;
$custom-light: #d37865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52613,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43C2A

secondary

#72BCC8

accent

#D0E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43C2A

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

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