#B4482F#B4482F

#B4482F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.146 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4482F
RGB	rgb(180, 72, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 42.42, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 56.15, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1206 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.146 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6551, 14.5462, 4.3562)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4482F #2F9BB4

analogous

#B42F59 #B4482F #B48B2F

triadic

#B4482F #2FB448 #482FB4

tetradic

#B4482F #59B42F #2F9BB4 #8B2FB4

square

#B4482F #59B42F #2F9BB4 #8B2FB4

split-complementary

#B4482F #2FB48B #2F59B4

monochromatic

#532116 #833522 #B4482F #D1684F #DE9180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4482F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4482F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4482F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4482F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4482F	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)

#665C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4482f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 72, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.146 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27f69',
    500: '#b4482f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4482f;
$custom-light: #d27f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4482f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.278,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54201,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4482F

secondary

#78B8C7

accent

#C5E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4482F

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

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