#B43E55#B43E55

#B43E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.153 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43E55
RGB	rgb(180, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 49.43, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 51.08, 14.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1494 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.153 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1866, 13.8073, 10.0893)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43E55 #3EB49D

analogous

#B43E90 #B43E55 #B4623E

triadic

#B43E55 #55B43E #3E55B4

tetradic

#B43E55 #90B43E #3EB49D #623EB4

square

#B43E55 #90B43E #3EB49D #623EB4

split-complementary

#B43E55 #3EB462 #3E90B4

monochromatic

#591F2A #862E40 #B43E55 #CA6579 #DA93A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B43E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B43E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43E55

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43E55	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.153 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07a84',
    500: '#b43e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43e55;
$custom-light: #d07a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.305,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53619,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43E55

secondary

#89C5B9

accent

#D8BE4F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43E55

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

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