#B5442A#B5442A

#B5442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.152 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5442A
RGB	rgb(181, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 44.44, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 59.07, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1258 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.152 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5434, 14.1282, 3.7826)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5442A #2A9BB5

analogous

#B52A55 #B5442A #B5892A

triadic

#B5442A #2AB544 #442AB5

tetradic

#B5442A #55B52A #2A9BB5 #892AB5

square

#B5442A #55B52A #2A9BB5 #892AB5

split-complementary

#B5442A #2AB589 #2A55B5

monochromatic

#521F13 #83311E #B5442A #D46248 #E08D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B5442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B5442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5442A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5442A	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.152 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d65',
    500: '#b5442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5442a;
$custom-light: #d37d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.223,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53771,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5442A

secondary

#73B8C8

accent

#C7E542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5442A

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

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