#B43D23#B43D23

#B43D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.159 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43D23
RGB	rgb(180, 61, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 46.94, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 62.39, 41.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1323 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.159 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7969, 13.1652, 3.0358)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43D23 #239AB4

analogous

#B42351 #B43D23 #B48623

triadic

#B43D23 #23B43D #3D23B4

tetradic

#B43D23 #51B423 #239AB4 #8623B4

square

#B43D23 #51B423 #239AB4 #8623B4

split-complementary

#B43D23 #23B486 #2351B4

monochromatic

#4E1A0F #812C19 #B43D23 #D9583B #E3836E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B43D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B43D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43D23

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43D23	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F551F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 61, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.159 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37860',
    500: '#b43d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43d23;
$custom-light: #d37860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52658,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43D23

secondary

#69B8C9

accent

#CBEA3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43D23

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

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