#B44A42#B44A42

#B44A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.140 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44A42
RGB	rgb(180, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 42.54, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 50.18, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1246 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.14 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.2566, 14.9971, 6.8759)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44A42 #42ACB4

analogous

#B44273 #B44A42 #B48342

triadic

#B44A42 #42B44A #4A42B4

tetradic

#B44A42 #73B442 #42ACB4 #8342B4

square

#B44A42 #73B442 #42ACB4 #8342B4

split-complementary

#B44A42 #42B483 #4273B4

monochromatic

#5A2521 #873832 #B44A42 #C9716B #D99C97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B44A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B44A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44A42

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44A42	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.140 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08076',
    500: '#b44a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44a42;
$custom-light: #d08076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54756,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44A42

secondary

#8DC1C5

accent

#CDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44A42

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

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