#B5452D#B5452D

#B5452D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.151 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5452D
RGB	rgb(181, 69, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 44.11, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 57.90, 40.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1253 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.151 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6601, 14.2725, 4.0964)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5452D #2D9DB5

analogous

#B52D59 #B5452D #B5892D

triadic

#B5452D #2DB545 #452DB5

tetradic

#B5452D #59B52D #2D9DB5 #892DB5

square

#B5452D #59B52D #2D9DB5 #892DB5

split-complementary

#B5452D #2DB589 #2D59B5

monochromatic

#532015 #843221 #B5452D #D3644D #DF8F7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B5452D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B5452D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5452D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5452D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5452D	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)

#645A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5452d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 69, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.151 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d67',
    500: '#b5452d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5452d;
$custom-light: #d37d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5452d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53936,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5452D

secondary

#76B9C7

accent

#C7E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5452D

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

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