#B44221#B44221

#B44221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.155 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44221
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 44.66, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 61.92, 43.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1249 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.155 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0475, 13.7126, 2.9771)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44221 #2193B4

analogous

#B4214A #B44221 #B48B21

triadic

#B44221 #21B442 #4221B4

tetradic

#B44221 #4AB421 #2193B4 #8B21B4

square

#B44221 #4AB421 #2193B4 #8B21B4

split-complementary

#B44221 #21B48B #214AB4

monochromatic

#4D1C0E #802F18 #B44221 #DA5C38 #E4876B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B44221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B44221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44221

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44221	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6233B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.155 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37b5f',
    500: '#b44221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44221;
$custom-light: #d37b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.469,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5326,
    "c": 0.15517,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44221

secondary

#67B4CA

accent

#C4EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44221

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

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