#B4503E#B4503E

#B4503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.134 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4503E
RGB	rgb(180, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 39.33, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 49.64, 37.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1139 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.134 32)
XYZ	xyz(22.5626, 15.7912, 6.4164)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4503E #3EA2B4

analogous

#B43E67 #B4503E #B48B3E

triadic

#B4503E #3EB450 #503EB4

tetradic

#B4503E #67B43E #3EA2B4 #8B3EB4

square

#B4503E #67B43E #3EA2B4 #8B3EB4

split-complementary

#B4503E #3EB48B #3E67B4

monochromatic

#59281F #863C2E #B4503E #CA7565 #DA9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B4503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B4503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4503E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4503E	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.134 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08474',
    500: '#b4503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4503e;
$custom-light: #d08474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55545,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.15788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4503E

secondary

#89BCC5

accent

#C3D84F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4503E

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

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