#B43E2D#B43E2D

#B43E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.156 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E2D
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 46.89, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 59.10, 37.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1341 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.156 31)
XYZ	xyz(21.0210, 13.3410, 3.9503)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E2D #2DA3B4

analogous

#B42D5F #B43E2D #B4822D

triadic

#B43E2D #2DB43E #3E2DB4

tetradic

#B43E2D #5FB42D #2DA3B4 #822DB4

square

#B43E2D #5FB42D #2DA3B4 #822DB4

split-complementary

#B43E2D #2DB482 #2D5FB4

monochromatic

#521C15 #832D21 #B43E2D #D25D4C #DE897D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B43E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B43E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E2D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E2D	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.156 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27967',
    500: '#b43e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e2d;
$custom-light: #d27967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52887,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E2D

secondary

#76BDC7

accent

#CFE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E2D

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

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