#B7422D#B7422D

#B7422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.156 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7422D
RGB	rgb(183, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 46.19, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 59.45, 39.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1316 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.156 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9527, 14.1563, 4.0586)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7422D #2DA2B7

analogous

#B72D5D #B7422D #B7872D

triadic

#B7422D #2DB742 #422DB7

tetradic

#B7422D #5DB72D #2DA2B7 #872DB7

square

#B7422D #5DB72D #2DA2B7 #872DB7

split-complementary

#B7422D #2DB787 #2D5DB7

monochromatic

#551F15 #863021 #B7422D #D3624E #DF8E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B7422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B7422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B7422D

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B7422D	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)

#63592A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.156 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c67',
    500: '#b7422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7422d;
$custom-light: #d47c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53877,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7422D

secondary

#78BCC8

accent

#CBE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7422D

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

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