#B43E20#B43E20

#B43E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.159 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E20
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 46.41, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 63.09, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1301 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.159 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8081, 13.2559, 2.8292)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E20 #2096B4

analogous

#B4204C #B43E20 #B48820

triadic

#B43E20 #20B43E #3E20B4

tetradic

#B43E20 #4CB420 #2096B4 #8820B4

square

#B43E20 #4CB420 #2096B4 #8820B4

split-complementary

#B43E20 #20B488 #204CB4

monochromatic

#4C1A0E #802C17 #B43E20 #DB5736 #E4836A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B43E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B43E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E20

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E20	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.159 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3795e',
    500: '#b43e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e20;
$custom-light: #d3795e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.162,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52752,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E20

secondary

#66B6CA

accent

#C9ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E20

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

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