#B6422D#B6422D

#B6422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.155 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6422D
RGB	rgb(182, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 45.83, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 59.02, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1306 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.155 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7156, 14.0341, 4.0475)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6422D #2DA1B6

analogous

#B62D5D #B6422D #B6872D

triadic

#B6422D #2DB642 #422DB6

tetradic

#B6422D #5DB62D #2DA1B6 #872DB6

square

#B6422D #5DB62D #2DA1B6 #872DB6

split-complementary

#B6422D #2DB687 #2D5DB6

monochromatic

#541E15 #853021 #B6422D #D3624D #DF8D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B6422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B6422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B6422D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B6422D	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.155 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c67',
    500: '#b6422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6422d;
$custom-light: #d47c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.197,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53712,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6422D

secondary

#77BBC8

accent

#CBE344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6422D

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

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