#B44342#B44342

#B44342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.148 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44342
RGB	rgb(180, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 45.81, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 52.21, 28.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1349 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.148 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8150, 14.1139, 6.7287)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44342 #42B3B4

analogous

#B4427A #B44342 #B47C42

triadic

#B44342 #42B443 #4342B4

tetradic

#B44342 #7AB442 #42B3B4 #7C42B4

square

#B44342 #7AB442 #42B3B4 #7C42B4

split-complementary

#B44342 #42B47C #427AB4

monochromatic

#5A2221 #873232 #B44342 #C96B6B #D99897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B44342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B44342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44342

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44342	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.148 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c76',
    500: '#b44342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44342;
$custom-light: #d17c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53826,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44342

secondary

#8DC4C5

accent

#D5D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44342

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

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