#B4452E#B4452E

#B4452E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.149 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4452E
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 43.79, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 57.15, 39.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1246 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.149 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4459, 14.1598, 4.1881)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4452E #2E9DB4

analogous

#B42E5A #B4452E #B4882E

triadic

#B4452E #2EB445 #452EB4

tetradic

#B4452E #5AB42E #2E9DB4 #882EB4

square

#B4452E #5AB42E #2E9DB4 #882EB4

split-complementary

#B4452E #2EB488 #2E5AB4

monochromatic

#532015 #833222 #B4452E #D2644E #DE8F7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B4452E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B4452E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4452E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4452E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4452E	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4452e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.149 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d68',
    500: '#b4452e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4452e;
$custom-light: #d27d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4452e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53786,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4452E

secondary

#77B9C7

accent

#C7E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4452E

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

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