#B4493A#B4493A

#B4493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.143 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4493A
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(7, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 42.52, 30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 52.58, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.123 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.143 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9708, 14.7768, 5.6974)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4493A #3AA5B4

analogous

#B43A68 #B4493A #B4863A

triadic

#B4493A #3AB449 #493AB4

tetradic

#B4493A #68B43A #3AA5B4 #863AB4

square

#B4493A #68B43A #3AA5B4 #863AB4

split-complementary

#B4493A #3AB486 #3A68B4

monochromatic

#57231C #86362B #B4493A #CC6D60 #DB978E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B4493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B4493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4493A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4493A	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.143 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18070',
    500: '#b4493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4493a;
$custom-light: #d18070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.377,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54488,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4493A

secondary

#85BDC5

accent

#C9DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4493A

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

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