#B5422E#B5422E

#B5422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.153 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5422E
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 45.52, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 58.29, 38.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1299 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.153 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4997, 13.9205, 4.1391)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5422E #2EA1B5

analogous

#B52E5E #B5422E #B5862E

triadic

#B5422E #2EB542 #422EB5

tetradic

#B5422E #5EB52E #2EA1B5 #862EB5

square

#B5422E #5EB52E #2EA1B5 #862EB5

split-complementary

#B5422E #2EB586 #2E5EB5

monochromatic

#531E15 #843022 #B5422E #D2624E #DE8D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B5422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B5422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5422E

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5422E	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)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.153 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37c68',
    500: '#b5422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5422e;
$custom-light: #d37c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5356,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5422E

secondary

#78BBC7

accent

#CBE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5422E

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

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