#B4504E#B4504E

#B4504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.131 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4504E
RGB	rgb(180, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 40.48, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 45.69, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1202 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.131 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0681, 15.9934, 9.0785)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4504E #4EB2B4

analogous

#B44E7F #B4504E #B4834E

triadic

#B4504E #4EB450 #504EB4

tetradic

#B4504E #7FB44E #4EB2B4 #834EB4

square

#B4504E #7FB44E #4EB2B4 #834EB4

split-complementary

#B4504E #4EB483 #4E7FB4

monochromatic

#5F2928 #8A3C3B #B4504E #C67A79 #D8A5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B4504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B4504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4504E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4504E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68624D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.131 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf847f',
    500: '#b4504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4504e;
$custom-light: #cf847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55833,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4504E

secondary

#98C5C6

accent

#CED057

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4504E

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

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