#B04840#B04840

#B04840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.138 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04840
RGB	rgb(176, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 41.90, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 49.49, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1227 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.138 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1492, 14.2377, 6.4839)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04840 #40A8B0

analogous

#B04070 #B04840 #B08040

triadic

#B04840 #40B048 #4840B0

tetradic

#B04840 #70B040 #40A8B0 #8040B0

square

#B04840 #70B040 #40A8B0 #8040B0

split-complementary

#B04840 #40B080 #4070B0

monochromatic

#56231F #833630 #B04840 #C76D66 #D89893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B04840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B04840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04840

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04840	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.138 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f75',
    500: '#b04840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04840;
$custom-light: #ce7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53819,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04840

secondary

#89BFC3

accent

#CDD651

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04840

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

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