#B54538#B54538

#B54538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.148 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54538
RGB	rgb(181, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 44.65, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 54.61, 35.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1292 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.148 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9002, 14.3685, 5.3608)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54538 #38A8B5

analogous

#B5386A #B54538 #B58438

triadic

#B54538 #38B545 #4538B5

tetradic

#B54538 #6AB538 #38A8B5 #8438B5

square

#B54538 #6AB538 #38A8B5 #8438B5

split-complementary

#B54538 #38B584 #386AB5

monochromatic

#58211B #86332A #B54538 #CD695D #DB948C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B54538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B54538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54538

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54538	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.148 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d6f',
    500: '#b54538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54538;
$custom-light: #d27d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.24,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54081,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54538

secondary

#83BFC6

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54538

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

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