#B44225#B44225

#B44225 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.154 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44225
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 37)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 44.80, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 60.66, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.126 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.154 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1069, 13.7363, 3.2899)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44225 #2597B4

analogous

#B4254F #B44225 #B48A25

triadic

#B44225 #25B442 #4225B4

tetradic

#B44225 #4FB425 #2597B4 #8A25B4

square

#B44225 #4FB425 #2597B4 #8A25B4

split-complementary

#B44225 #25B48A #254FB4

monochromatic

#4E1D10 #812F1B #B44225 #D75E3F #E28871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B44225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B44225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44225

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44225	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6243C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.154 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37b62',
    500: '#b44225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44225;
$custom-light: #d37b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.168,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53297,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44225

secondary

#6CB6C9

accent

#C6E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44225

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

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