#B5482C#B5482C

#B5482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.148 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5482C
RGB	rgb(181, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 42.66, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 57.54, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1206 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.148 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8303, 14.6433, 4.0593)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5482C #2C99B5

analogous

#B52C55 #B5482C #B58D2C

triadic

#B5482C #2CB548 #482CB5

tetradic

#B5482C #55B52C #2C99B5 #8D2CB5

square

#B5482C #55B52C #2C99B5 #8D2CB5

split-complementary

#B5482C #2CB58D #2C55B5

monochromatic

#532114 #843420 #B5482C #D3674B #DF907C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B5482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B5482C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5482C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5482C	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.148 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f67',
    500: '#b5482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5482c;
$custom-light: #d37f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.263,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54325,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5482C

secondary

#75B7C8

accent

#C3E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5482C

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

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