#B44231#B44231

#B44231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.152 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44231
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 45.30, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 56.95, 37.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.1299 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.152 31)
XYZ	xyz(21.3272, 13.8245, 4.4505)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44231 #31A3B4

analogous

#B43162 #B44231 #B48331

triadic

#B44231 #31B442 #4231B4

tetradic

#B44231 #62B431 #31A3B4 #8331B4

square

#B44231 #62B431 #31A3B4 #8331B4

split-complementary

#B44231 #31B483 #3162B4

monochromatic

#541F17 #843024 #B44231 #D06352 #DD8E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B44231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B44231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44231

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44231	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)

#61582F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.152 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27b6a',
    500: '#b44231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44231;
$custom-light: #d27b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.786,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53434,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44231

secondary

#7BBCC6

accent

#CDE047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44231

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

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