#B44521#B44521

#B44521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.152 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44521
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 43.29, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 61.28, 45.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1207 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.152 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2274, 14.0724, 3.0370)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44521 #2190B4

analogous

#B42147 #B44521 #B48F21

triadic

#B44521 #21B445 #4521B4

tetradic

#B44521 #47B421 #2190B4 #8F21B4

square

#B44521 #47B421 #2190B4 #8F21B4

split-complementary

#B44521 #21B48F #2147B4

monochromatic

#4D1D0E #803118 #B44521 #DA6038 #E4896B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B44521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B44521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44521

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44521	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.152 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d5f',
    500: '#b44521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44521;
$custom-light: #d37d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53652,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44521

secondary

#67B2CA

accent

#C1EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44521

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

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