#B4472F#B4472F

#B4472F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.147 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4472F
RGB	rgb(180, 71, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 42.90, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 56.38, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1221 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.147 34)
XYZ	xyz(21.5910, 14.4180, 4.3348)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4472F #2F9CB4

analogous

#B42F5A #B4472F #B48A2F

triadic

#B4472F #2FB447 #472FB4

tetradic

#B4472F #5AB42F #2F9CB4 #8A2FB4

square

#B4472F #5AB42F #2F9CB4 #8A2FB4

split-complementary

#B4472F #2FB48A #2F5AB4

monochromatic

#532116 #833422 #B4472F #D1674F #DE9180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B4472F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B4472F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4472F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4472F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4472F	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)

#655B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4472f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 71, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.147 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27e69',
    500: '#b4472f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4472f;
$custom-light: #d27e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4472f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.827,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54065,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.14415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4472F

secondary

#78B8C7

accent

#C6E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4472F

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

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