#B5422D#B5422D

#B5422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.154 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5422D
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 45.47, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 58.59, 39.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1296 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.154 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4802, 13.9127, 4.0365)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5422D #2DA0B5

analogous

#B52D5C #B5422D #B5862D

triadic

#B5422D #2DB542 #422DB5

tetradic

#B5422D #5CB52D #2DA0B5 #862DB5

square

#B5422D #5CB52D #2DA0B5 #862DB5

split-complementary

#B5422D #2DB586 #2D5CB5

monochromatic

#531E15 #843021 #B5422D #D3614D #DF8D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B5422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B5422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5422D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5422D	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.154 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37c67',
    500: '#b5422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5422d;
$custom-light: #d37c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53548,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5422D

secondary

#76BBC7

accent

#CBE344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5422D

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

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