#B44442#B44442

#B44442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.146 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44442
RGB	rgb(180, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 45.35, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 51.92, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1334 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.146 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8750, 14.2338, 6.7487)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44442 #42B2B4

analogous

#B44279 #B44442 #B47D42

triadic

#B44442 #42B444 #4442B4

tetradic

#B44442 #79B442 #42B2B4 #7D42B4

square

#B44442 #79B442 #42B2B4 #7D42B4

split-complementary

#B44442 #42B47D #4279B4

monochromatic

#5A2221 #873332 #B44442 #C96C6B #D99997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B44442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B44442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44442

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44442	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.146 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d76',
    500: '#b44442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44442;
$custom-light: #d17d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53955,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44442

secondary

#8DC4C5

accent

#D4D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44442

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

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