#B44245#B44245

#B44245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.148 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44245
RGB	rgb(180, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 46.46, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 51.88, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1375 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.148 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8469, 14.0323, 7.1872)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44245 #42B4B1

analogous

#B4427E #B44245 #B47842

triadic

#B44245 #45B442 #4245B4

tetradic

#B44245 #7EB442 #42B4B1 #7842B4

square

#B44245 #7EB442 #42B4B1 #7842B4

split-complementary

#B44245 #42B478 #427EB4

monochromatic

#5A2123 #873234 #B44245 #C96B6D #D99799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B44245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B44245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44245

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44245	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.148 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c78',
    500: '#b44245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44245;
$custom-light: #d17c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53756,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44245

secondary

#8DC5C3

accent

#D6D352

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44245

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

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