#B43E2E#B43E2E

#B43E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.156 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E2E
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 46.93, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 58.81, 37.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1344 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.156 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0404, 13.3488, 4.0529)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E2E #2EA4B4

analogous

#B42E61 #B43E2E #B4812E

triadic

#B43E2E #2EB43E #3E2EB4

tetradic

#B43E2E #61B42E #2EA4B4 #812EB4

square

#B43E2E #61B42E #2EA4B4 #812EB4

split-complementary

#B43E2E #2EB481 #2E61B4

monochromatic

#531C15 #832D22 #B43E2E #D25D4E #DE8A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#B43E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B43E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E2E

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E2E	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.156 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27967',
    500: '#b43e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e2e;
$custom-light: #d27967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.529,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E2E

secondary

#77BDC7

accent

#D0E245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E2E

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

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