#B44538#B44538

#B44538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.147 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44538
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 44.29, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 54.18, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1281 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.147 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6665, 14.2480, 5.3498)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44538 #38A7B4

analogous

#B43869 #B44538 #B48338

triadic

#B44538 #38B445 #4538B4

tetradic

#B44538 #69B438 #38A7B4 #8338B4

square

#B44538 #69B438 #38A7B4 #8338B4

split-complementary

#B44538 #38B483 #3869B4

monochromatic

#57211B #853329 #B44538 #CD685D #DB948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B44538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B44538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44538

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44538	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)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.147 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d6f',
    500: '#b44538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44538;
$custom-light: #d17d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5392,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44538

secondary

#82BEC5

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44538

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

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