#B4473E#B4473E

#B4473E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.144 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4473E
RGB	rgb(180, 71, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 43.71, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 52.03, 32.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1275 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.144 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9473, 14.5605, 6.2112)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4473E #3EABB4

analogous

#B43E70 #B4473E #B4823E

triadic

#B4473E #3EB447 #473EB4

tetradic

#B4473E #70B43E #3EABB4 #823EB4

square

#B4473E #70B43E #3EABB4 #823EB4

split-complementary

#B4473E #3EB482 #3E70B4

monochromatic

#59231F #86352E #B4473E #CA6D65 #DA9893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4473E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4473E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4473E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4473E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4473E	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4473e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 71, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.144 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17f73',
    500: '#b4473e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4473e;
$custom-light: #d17f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4473e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.576,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5428,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4473E

secondary

#89C0C5

accent

#CED84F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4473E

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

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