#B7422E#B7422E

#B7422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.156 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7422E
RGB	rgb(183, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 46.23, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 59.14, 38.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1319 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.156 32)
XYZ	xyz(21.9722, 14.1641, 4.1612)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7422E #2EA3B7

analogous

#B72E5F #B7422E #B7862E

triadic

#B7422E #2EB742 #422EB7

tetradic

#B7422E #5FB72E #2EA3B7 #862EB7

square

#B7422E #5FB72E #2EA3B7 #862EB7

split-complementary

#B7422E #2EB786 #2E5FB7

monochromatic

#551F15 #863022 #B7422E #D3634F #DF8E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B7422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B7422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B7422E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B7422E	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)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.156 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c68',
    500: '#b7422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7422e;
$custom-light: #d47c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.759,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53889,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.14161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7422E

secondary

#79BCC8

accent

#CCE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7422E

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

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