#B5482E#B5482E

#B5482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.148 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5482E
RGB	rgb(181, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 42.75, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 56.90, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1213 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.148 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8688, 14.6587, 4.2621)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5482E #2E9BB5

analogous

#B52E57 #B5482E #B58C2E

triadic

#B5482E #2EB548 #482EB5

tetradic

#B5482E #57B52E #2E9BB5 #8C2EB5

square

#B5482E #57B52E #2E9BB5 #8C2EB5

split-complementary

#B5482E #2EB58C #2E57B5

monochromatic

#532115 #843522 #B5482E #D2684E #DE917F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B5482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B5482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5482E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5482E	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C72F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.148 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f68',
    500: '#b5482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5482e;
$custom-light: #d37f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54348,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5482E

secondary

#78B8C7

accent

#C4E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5482E

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

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