#B4482E#B4482E

#B4482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.146 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4482E
RGB	rgb(180, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 42.38, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 56.47, 41.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1203 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.146 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6351, 14.5382, 4.2511)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4482E #2E9AB4

analogous

#B42E57 #B4482E #B48B2E

triadic

#B4482E #2EB448 #482EB4

tetradic

#B4482E #57B42E #2E9AB4 #8B2EB4

square

#B4482E #57B42E #2E9AB4 #8B2EB4

split-complementary

#B4482E #2EB48B #2E57B4

monochromatic

#532115 #833522 #B4482E #D2674E #DE917E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4482E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4482E	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)

#665C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.146 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27f68',
    500: '#b4482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4482e;
$custom-light: #d27f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54189,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4482E

secondary

#77B7C7

accent

#C4E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4482E

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

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