#B5432E#B5432E

#B5432E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.152 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5432E
RGB	rgb(181, 67, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 45.07, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 58.05, 39.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1285 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.152 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5587, 14.0384, 4.1587)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5432E #2EA0B5

analogous

#B52E5D #B5432E #B5862E

triadic

#B5432E #2EB543 #432EB5

tetradic

#B5432E #5DB52E #2EA0B5 #862EB5

square

#B5432E #5DB52E #2EA0B5 #862EB5

split-complementary

#B5432E #2EB586 #2E5DB5

monochromatic

#531F15 #843122 #B5432E #D2634E #DE8E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B5432E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B5432E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5432E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5432E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5432E	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5432e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 67, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.152 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37c68',
    500: '#b5432e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5432e;
$custom-light: #d37c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5432e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53688,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5432E

secondary

#78BBC7

accent

#CAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5432E

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

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