#B5442E#B5442E

#B5442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.151 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5442E
RGB	rgb(181, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 44.61, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 57.82, 39.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1271 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.151 33)
XYZ	xyz(21.6186, 14.1583, 4.1787)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5442E #2E9FB5

analogous

#B52E5C #B5442E #B5882E

triadic

#B5442E #2EB544 #442EB5

tetradic

#B5442E #5CB52E #2E9FB5 #882EB5

square

#B5442E #5CB52E #2E9FB5 #882EB5

split-complementary

#B5442E #2EB588 #2E5CB5

monochromatic

#531F15 #843222 #B5442E #D2644E #DE8F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B5442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B5442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5442E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5442E	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.151 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d68',
    500: '#b5442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5442e;
$custom-light: #d37d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.778,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53817,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.14155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5442E

secondary

#78BAC7

accent

#C9E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5442E

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

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