#B4493E#B4493E

#B4493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.142 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4493E
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 42.76, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 51.48, 33.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.1245 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.142 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0765, 14.8191, 6.2543)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4493E #3EA9B4

analogous

#B43E6E #B4493E #B4843E

triadic

#B4493E #3EB449 #493EB4

tetradic

#B4493E #6EB43E #3EA9B4 #843EB4

square

#B4493E #6EB43E #3EA9B4 #843EB4

split-complementary

#B4493E #3EB484 #3E6EB4

monochromatic

#59241F #86372E #B4493E #CA6F65 #DA9993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B4493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B4493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4493E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4493E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.142 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18073',
    500: '#b4493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4493e;
$custom-light: #d18073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.593,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54551,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4493E

secondary

#89BFC5

accent

#CCD84F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4493E

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

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