#B4452F#B4452F

#B4452F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.149 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4452F
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 47)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 43.83, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 56.84, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.125 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.149 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4659, 14.1677, 4.2931)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4452F #2F9EB4

analogous

#B42F5C #B4452F #B4882F

triadic

#B4452F #2FB445 #452FB4

tetradic

#B4452F #5CB42F #2F9EB4 #882FB4

square

#B4452F #5CB42F #2F9EB4 #882FB4

split-complementary

#B4452F #2FB488 #2F5CB4

monochromatic

#532016 #833222 #B4452F #D1654F #DE8F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B4452F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B4452F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4452F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4452F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4452F	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)

#645A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4452f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.149 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d68',
    500: '#b4452f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4452f;
$custom-light: #d27d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4452f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.925,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53798,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4452F

secondary

#78BAC7

accent

#C8E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4452F

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

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