#B43E18#B43E18

#B43E18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.161 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E18
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 24)
HSL	hsl(15, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 46.19, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 65.47, 45.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1282 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.161 37)
XYZ	xyz(20.7123, 13.2176, 2.3246)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E18 #188EB4

analogous

#B41840 #B43E18 #B48C18

triadic

#B43E18 #18B43E #3E18B4

tetradic

#B43E18 #40B418 #188EB4 #8C18B4

square

#B43E18 #40B418 #188EB4 #8C18B4

split-complementary

#B43E18 #18B48C #1840B4

monochromatic

#48190A #7E2B11 #B43E18 #E25527 #E97F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B43E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B43E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E18

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E18	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.161 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47959',
    500: '#b43e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e18;
$custom-light: #d47959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52691,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.13214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E18

secondary

#5BB1CD

accent

#C5F335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E18

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

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