#B4462E#B4462E

#B4462E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.148 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4462E
RGB	rgb(180, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 43.32, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 56.92, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1232 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.148 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5079, 14.2838, 4.2087)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4462E #2E9CB4

analogous

#B42E59 #B4462E #B4892E

triadic

#B4462E #2EB446 #462EB4

tetradic

#B4462E #59B42E #2E9CB4 #892EB4

square

#B4462E #59B42E #2E9CB4 #892EB4

split-complementary

#B4462E #2EB489 #2E59B4

monochromatic

#532015 #833322 #B4462E #D2654E #DE8F7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B4462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B4462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4462E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4462E	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.148 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27e68',
    500: '#b4462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4462e;
$custom-light: #d27e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53919,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4462E

secondary

#77B8C7

accent

#C6E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4462E

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

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