#B4523E#B4523E

#B4523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.132 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4523E
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 38.33, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 49.14, 38.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1107 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.132 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7113, 16.0885, 6.4659)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4523E #3EA0B4

analogous

#B43E65 #B4523E #B48D3E

triadic

#B4523E #3EB452 #523EB4

tetradic

#B4523E #65B43E #3EA0B4 #8D3EB4

square

#B4523E #65B43E #3EA0B4 #8D3EB4

split-complementary

#B4523E #3EB48D #3E65B4

monochromatic

#59291F #863D2E #B4523E #CA7665 #DA9F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B4523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B4523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4523E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4523E	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.132 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08574',
    500: '#b4523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4523e;
$custom-light: #d08574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55841,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4523E

secondary

#89BBC5

accent

#C1D84F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4523E

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

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