#B43D2E#B43D2E

#B43D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.157 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43D2E
RGB	rgb(180, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 47.36, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 59.04, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1358 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.157 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9866, 13.2411, 4.0349)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43D2E #2EA5B4

analogous

#B42E62 #B43D2E #B4802E

triadic

#B43D2E #2EB43D #3D2EB4

tetradic

#B43D2E #62B42E #2EA5B4 #802EB4

square

#B43D2E #62B42E #2EA5B4 #802EB4

split-complementary

#B43D2E #2EB480 #2E62B4

monochromatic

#531C15 #832C22 #B43D2E #D25C4E #DE897E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B43D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B43D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43D2E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43D2E	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.157 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27967',
    500: '#b43d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43d2e;
$custom-light: #d27967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.716,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52779,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43D2E

secondary

#77BEC7

accent

#D1E245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43D2E

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

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