#B44542#B44542

#B44542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.145 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44542
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 44.89, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 51.63, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.132 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.145 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9360, 14.3558, 6.7690)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44542 #42B1B4

analogous

#B44278 #B44542 #B47E42

triadic

#B44542 #42B445 #4542B4

tetradic

#B44542 #78B442 #42B1B4 #7E42B4

square

#B44542 #78B442 #42B1B4 #7E42B4

split-complementary

#B44542 #42B47E #4278B4

monochromatic

#5A2321 #873432 #B44542 #C96D6B #D99997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B44542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B44542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44542

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44542	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.145 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d76',
    500: '#b44542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44542;
$custom-light: #d17d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54084,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44542

secondary

#8DC3C5

accent

#D3D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44542

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

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