#B8323E#B8323E

#B8323E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.170 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8323E
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 53.83, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 59.46, 25.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1591 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.17 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7796, 12.8226, 5.8847)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8323E #32B8AC

analogous

#B83281 #B8323E #B86932

triadic

#B8323E #3EB832 #323EB8

tetradic

#B8323E #81B832 #32B8AC #6932B8

square

#B8323E #81B832 #32B8AC #6932B8

split-complementary

#B8323E #32B869 #3281B8

monochromatic

#58181E #88252E #B8323E #D15661 #DE868E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B8323E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B8323E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8323E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8323E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8323E	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58523D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8323e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.170 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57473',
    500: '#b8323e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8323e;
$custom-light: #d57473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8323e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52517,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8323E

secondary

#7EC8C1

accent

#E1D347

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8323E

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

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