#B44237#B44237

#B44237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.150 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44237
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 45.60, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 55.23, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1321 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.15 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4624, 13.8785, 5.1624)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44237 #37A9B4

analogous

#B4376A #B44237 #B48037

triadic

#B44237 #37B442 #4237B4

tetradic

#B44237 #6AB437 #37A9B4 #8037B4

square

#B44237 #6AB437 #37A9B4 #8037B4

split-complementary

#B44237 #37B480 #376AB4

monochromatic

#56201A #853129 #B44237 #CD655B #DB918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B44237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B44237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44237

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44237	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.150 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c6e',
    500: '#b44237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44237;
$custom-light: #d27c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53518,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44237

secondary

#81C0C6

accent

#D0DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44237

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

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