#B4492E#B4492E

#B4492E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.145 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4492E
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 41.90, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 56.24, 41.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1188 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.145 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7003, 14.6686, 4.2729)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4492E #2E99B4

analogous

#B42E56 #B4492E #B48C2E

triadic

#B4492E #2EB449 #492EB4

tetradic

#B4492E #56B42E #2E99B4 #8C2EB4

square

#B4492E #56B42E #2E99B4 #8C2EB4

split-complementary

#B4492E #2EB48C #2E56B4

monochromatic

#532115 #833522 #B4492E #D2684E #DE927E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B4492E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B4492E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4492E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4492E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4492E	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4492e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.145 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27f68',
    500: '#b4492e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4492e;
$custom-light: #d27f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4492e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54326,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4492E

secondary

#77B7C7

accent

#C3E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4492E

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

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