#B44D42#B44D42

#B44D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.136 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44D42
RGB	rgb(180, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 41.08, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 49.33, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.12 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.136 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4617, 15.4072, 6.9443)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44D42 #42A9B4

analogous

#B44270 #B44D42 #B48642

triadic

#B44D42 #42B44D #4D42B4

tetradic

#B44D42 #70B442 #42A9B4 #8642B4

square

#B44D42 #70B442 #42A9B4 #8642B4

split-complementary

#B44D42 #42B486 #4270B4

monochromatic

#5A2721 #873A32 #B44D42 #C9746B #D99E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B44D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B44D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44D42

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44D42	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.136 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08276',
    500: '#b44d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44d42;
$custom-light: #d08276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55176,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44D42

secondary

#8DBFC5

accent

#C9D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44D42

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

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