#B4493F#B4493F

#B4493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.141 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4493F
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 42.82, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 51.22, 33.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.1249 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.141 28)
XYZ	xyz(22.1042, 14.8302, 6.4002)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4493F #3FAAB4

analogous

#B43F70 #B4493F #B4833F

triadic

#B4493F #3FB449 #493FB4

tetradic

#B4493F #70B43F #3FAAB4 #833FB4

square

#B4493F #70B43F #3FAAB4 #833FB4

split-complementary

#B4493F #3FB483 #3F70B4

monochromatic

#59241F #87372F #B4493F #CA6F67 #DA9A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B4493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B4493F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4493F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4493F	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.141 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18074',
    500: '#b4493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4493f;
$custom-light: #d18074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.128,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54567,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.14827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4493F

secondary

#8AC0C5

accent

#CCD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4493F

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

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