#B4472E#B4472E

#B4472E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.147 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4472E
RGB	rgb(180, 71, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 42.85, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 56.69, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1217 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.147 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5710, 14.4100, 4.2298)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4472E #2E9BB4

analogous

#B42E58 #B4472E #B48A2E

triadic

#B4472E #2EB447 #472EB4

tetradic

#B4472E #58B42E #2E9BB4 #8A2EB4

square

#B4472E #58B42E #2E9BB4 #8A2EB4

split-complementary

#B4472E #2EB48A #2E58B4

monochromatic

#532115 #833422 #B4472E #D2664E #DE907E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B4472E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B4472E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4472E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4472E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4472E	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4472e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 71, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.147 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27e68',
    500: '#b4472e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4472e;
$custom-light: #d27e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4472e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54053,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4472E

secondary

#77B8C7

accent

#C5E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4472E

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

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