#B5423D#B5423D

#B5423D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.150 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5423D
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 46.29, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 54.10, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1353 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.15 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8488, 14.0601, 5.9773)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5423D #3DB0B5

analogous

#B53D74 #B5423D #B57E3D

triadic

#B5423D #3DB542 #423DB5

tetradic

#B5423D #74B53D #3DB0B5 #7E3DB5

square

#B5423D #74B53D #3DB0B5 #7E3DB5

split-complementary

#B5423D #3DB57E #3D74B5

monochromatic

#59211E #87312E #B5423D #CB6964 #DA9592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B5423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B5423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5423D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5423D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.150 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c72',
    500: '#b5423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5423d;
$custom-light: #d27c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53775,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5423D

secondary

#88C3C5

accent

#D3D94F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5423D

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

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