#B4422B#B4422B

#B4422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.153 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4422B
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 45.03, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 58.78, 40.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1279 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.153 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2089, 13.7772, 3.8275)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4422B #2B9DB4

analogous

#B42B58 #B4422B #B4862B

triadic

#B4422B #2BB442 #422BB4

tetradic

#B4422B #58B42B #2B9DB4 #862BB4

square

#B4422B #58B42B #2B9DB4 #862BB4

split-complementary

#B4422B #2BB486 #2B58B4

monochromatic

#511E13 #83301F #B4422B #D36049 #DF8B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B4422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B4422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4422B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4422B	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6253D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.153 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27b66',
    500: '#b4422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4422b;
$custom-light: #d27b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.073,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53361,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4422B

secondary

#73B9C7

accent

#C9E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4422B

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

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