#B04238#B04238

#B04238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.146 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04238
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 44.23, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 53.22, 33.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1284 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.146 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5686, 13.4149, 5.2468)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04238 #38A6B0

analogous

#B0386A #B04238 #B07E38

triadic

#B04238 #38B042 #4238B0

tetradic

#B04238 #6AB038 #38A6B0 #7E38B0

square

#B04238 #6AB038 #38A6B0 #7E38B0

split-complementary

#B04238 #38B07E #386AB0

monochromatic

#531F1A #823129 #B04238 #CB645B #D99089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B04238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B04238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04238

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04238	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C12940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.146 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b6f',
    500: '#b04238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04238;
$custom-light: #ce7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52883,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04238

secondary

#80BEC4

accent

#CFDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04238

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

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