#B5472F#B5472F

#B5472F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.148 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5472F
RGB	rgb(181, 71, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 43.27, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 56.81, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1231 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.148 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8247, 14.5385, 4.3457)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5472F #2F9DB5

analogous

#B52F5A #B5472F #B58A2F

triadic

#B5472F #2FB547 #472FB5

tetradic

#B5472F #5AB52F #2F9DB5 #8A2FB5

square

#B5472F #5AB52F #2F9DB5 #8A2FB5

split-complementary

#B5472F #2FB58A #2F5AB5

monochromatic

#542116 #843422 #B5472F #D16750 #DE9180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B5472F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B5472F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5472F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5472F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5472F	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80742C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5472f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 71, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.148 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37e69',
    500: '#b5472f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5472f;
$custom-light: #d37e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5472f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54225,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5472F

secondary

#79B9C7

accent

#C6E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5472F

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

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