#B54542#B54542

#B54542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.146 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54542
RGB	rgb(181, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 45.25, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 52.06, 29.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.133 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.146 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1697, 14.4763, 6.7800)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54542 #42B2B5

analogous

#B54278 #B54542 #B57E42

triadic

#B54542 #42B545 #4542B5

tetradic

#B54542 #78B542 #42B2B5 #7E42B5

square

#B54542 #78B542 #42B2B5 #7E42B5

split-complementary

#B54542 #42B57E #4278B5

monochromatic

#5B2321 #883432 #B54542 #C96E6B #D99A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B54542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B54542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54542

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54542	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.146 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e76',
    500: '#b54542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54542;
$custom-light: #d17e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.565,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54244,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54542

secondary

#8EC4C5

accent

#D3D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54542

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

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