#B5462B#B5462B

#B5462B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.150 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5462B
RGB	rgb(181, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 43.56, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 58.30, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1232 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.15 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6846, 14.3815, 3.9191)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5462B #2B9AB5

analogous

#B52B55 #B5462B #B58B2B

triadic

#B5462B #2BB546 #462BB5

tetradic

#B5462B #55B52B #2B9AB5 #8B2BB5

square

#B5462B #55B52B #2B9AB5 #8B2BB5

split-complementary

#B5462B #2BB58B #2B55B5

monochromatic

#522014 #84331F #B5462B #D46449 #E08F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B5462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B5462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5462B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5462B	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.150 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37e66',
    500: '#b5462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5462b;
$custom-light: #d37e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54045,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5462B

secondary

#74B7C8

accent

#C5E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5462B

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

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