#B5452C#B5452C

#B5452C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.151 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5452C
RGB	rgb(181, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 44.06, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 58.21, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.125 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.151 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6411, 14.2649, 3.9962)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5452C #2C9CB5

analogous

#B52C58 #B5452C #B58A2C

triadic

#B5452C #2CB545 #452CB5

tetradic

#B5452C #58B52C #2C9CB5 #8A2CB5

square

#B5452C #58B52C #2C9CB5 #8A2CB5

split-complementary

#B5452C #2CB58A #2C58B5

monochromatic

#531F14 #843220 #B5452C #D3644B #DF8E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B5452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B5452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5452C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5452C	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.151 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d66',
    500: '#b5452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5452c;
$custom-light: #d37d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.949,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53924,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5452C

secondary

#75B9C8

accent

#C7E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5452C

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

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