#B7422C#B7422C

#B7422C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.156 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7422C
RGB	rgb(183, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 46.15, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 59.75, 39.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1312 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.156 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9337, 14.1487, 3.9584)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7422C #2CA1B7

analogous

#B72C5C #B7422C #B7872C

triadic

#B7422C #2CB742 #422CB7

tetradic

#B7422C #5CB72C #2CA1B7 #872CB7

square

#B7422C #5CB72C #2CA1B7 #872CB7

split-complementary

#B7422C #2CB787 #2C5CB7

monochromatic

#541E14 #863020 #B7422C #D4624C #E08D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B7422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B7422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B7422C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B7422C	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.156 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c66',
    500: '#b7422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7422c;
$custom-light: #d47c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.496,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53865,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7422C

secondary

#76BBC8

accent

#CBE443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7422C

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

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