#B44240#B44240

#B44240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.149 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44240
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 46.13, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 52.95, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1355 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.149 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6981, 13.9728, 6.4039)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44240 #40B2B4

analogous

#B44078 #B44240 #B47C40

triadic

#B44240 #40B442 #4240B4

tetradic

#B44240 #78B440 #40B2B4 #7C40B4

square

#B44240 #78B440 #40B2B4 #7C40B4

split-complementary

#B44240 #40B47C #4078B4

monochromatic

#5A2120 #873130 #B44240 #C96A68 #D99695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B44240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B44240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44240

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44240	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.149 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c75',
    500: '#b44240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44240;
$custom-light: #d17c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53664,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44240

secondary

#8BC4C5

accent

#D5D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44240

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

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