#B43E45#B43E45

#B43E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.153 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E45
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, 48.21, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 53.10, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.143 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.153 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6213, 13.5812, 7.1120)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E45 #3EB4AD

analogous

#B43E80 #B43E45 #B4723E

triadic

#B43E45 #45B43E #3E45B4

tetradic

#B43E45 #80B43E #3EB4AD #723EB4

square

#B43E45 #80B43E #3EB4AD #723EB4

split-complementary

#B43E45 #3EB472 #3E80B4

monochromatic

#591F22 #862E34 #B43E45 #CA656B #DA9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B43E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B43E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E45

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E45	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.153 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a78',
    500: '#b43e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e45;
$custom-light: #d17a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E45

secondary

#89C5C1

accent

#D8D04F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E45

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

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