#B44949#B44949

#B44949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.140 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44949
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 43.51, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 48.91, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1289 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.14 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4095, 14.9523, 8.0080)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44949 #49B4B4

analogous

#B4497F #B44949 #B47F49

triadic

#B44949 #49B449 #4949B4

tetradic

#B44949 #7FB449 #49B4B4 #7F49B4

square

#B44949 #7FB449 #49B4B4 #7F49B4

split-complementary

#B44949 #49B47F #497FB4

monochromatic

#5D2626 #883737 #B44949 #C77474 #D89F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B44949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B44949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44949

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44949	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.140 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0807b',
    500: '#b44949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44949;
$custom-light: #d0807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54748,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44949

secondary

#94C5C5

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44949

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

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