#B43F38#B43F38

#B43F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.153 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43F38
RGB	rgb(180, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 46.99, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 55.75, 32.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.16% 0.1366 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(53.16% 0.153 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.3159, 13.5468, 5.2330)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43F38 #38ADB4

analogous

#B4386F #B43F38 #B47D38

triadic

#B43F38 #38B43F #3F38B4

tetradic

#B43F38 #6FB438 #38ADB4 #7D38B4

square

#B43F38 #6FB438 #38ADB4 #7D38B4

split-complementary

#B43F38 #38B47D #386FB4

monochromatic

#571E1B #852F29 #B43F38 #CD635D #DB908B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B43F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B43F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43F38

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43F38	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6223E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.153 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27a6f',
    500: '#b43f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43f38;
$custom-light: #d27a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5316,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43F38

secondary

#82C2C5

accent

#D4DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43F38

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

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