#B54A42#B54A42

#B54A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.141 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54A42
RGB	rgb(181, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 42.90, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 50.61, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1256 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.141 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.4903, 15.1176, 6.8869)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54A42 #42ADB5

analogous

#B54273 #B54A42 #B58342

triadic

#B54A42 #42B54A #4A42B5

tetradic

#B54A42 #73B542 #42ADB5 #8342B5

square

#B54A42 #73B542 #42ADB5 #8342B5

split-complementary

#B54A42 #42B583 #4273B5

monochromatic

#5B2521 #883832 #B54A42 #C9726B #D99D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B54A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B54A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54A42

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54A42	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.141 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18076',
    500: '#b54a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54a42;
$custom-light: #d18076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.174,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54912,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54A42

secondary

#8EC1C5

accent

#CDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54A42

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

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