#B4523C#B4523C

#B4523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.133 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4523C
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 38.20, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 49.74, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.11 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.133 34)
XYZ	xyz(22.6574, 16.0669, 6.1822)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4523C #3C9EB4

analogous

#B43C62 #B4523C #B48E3C

triadic

#B4523C #3CB452 #523CB4

tetradic

#B4523C #62B43C #3C9EB4 #8E3CB4

square

#B4523C #62B43C #3C9EB4 #8E3CB4

split-complementary

#B4523C #3CB48E #3C62B4

monochromatic

#58281D #863D2D #B4523C #CB7662 #DA9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B4523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B4523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4523C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4523C	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C623A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.133 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08572',
    500: '#b4523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4523c;
$custom-light: #d08572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55811,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.16064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4523C

secondary

#87BAC5

accent

#C0DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4523C

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

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