#B5442C#B5442C

#B5442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.152 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5442C
RGB	rgb(181, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 44.52, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 58.44, 40.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1264 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.152 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5801, 14.1429, 3.9759)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5442C #2C9DB5

analogous

#B52C59 #B5442C #B5892C

triadic

#B5442C #2CB544 #442CB5

tetradic

#B5442C #59B52C #2C9DB5 #892CB5

square

#B5442C #59B52C #2C9DB5 #892CB5

split-complementary

#B5442C #2CB589 #2C59B5

monochromatic

#531F14 #843220 #B5442C #D3634B #DF8E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B5442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B5442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5442C

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5442C	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.152 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d66',
    500: '#b5442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5442c;
$custom-light: #d37d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.511,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53793,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5442C

secondary

#75B9C8

accent

#C8E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5442C

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

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