#B4523F#B4523F

#B4523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.132 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4523F
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 65%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 38.39, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 48.84, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1111 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.132 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7389, 16.0996, 6.6118)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4523F #3FA1B4

analogous

#B43F66 #B4523F #B48D3F

triadic

#B4523F #3FB452 #523FB4

tetradic

#B4523F #66B43F #3FA1B4 #8D3FB4

square

#B4523F #66B43F #3FA1B4 #8D3FB4

split-complementary

#B4523F #3FB48D #3F66B4

monochromatic

#59291F #873D2F #B4523F #CA7767 #DA9F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B4523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B4523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4523F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4523F	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)

#6B633D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.132 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08574',
    500: '#b4523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4523f;
$custom-light: #d08574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.744,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55857,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4523F

secondary

#8ABBC5

accent

#C2D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4523F

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

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