#B8342C#B8342C

#B8342C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.170 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8342C
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 52.24, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 63.40, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.1502 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.17 28)
XYZ	xyz(21.4522, 12.8314, 3.7295)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8342C #2CB0B8

analogous

#B82C6A #B8342C #B87A2C

triadic

#B8342C #2CB834 #342CB8

tetradic

#B8342C #6AB82C #2CB0B8 #7A2CB8

square

#B8342C #6AB82C #2CB0B8 #7A2CB8

split-complementary

#B8342C #2CB87A #2C6AB8

monochromatic

#551814 #872620 #B8342C #D4554D #E0847E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B8342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B8342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8342C

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8342C	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B522A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.170 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67566',
    500: '#b8342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8342c;
$custom-light: #d67566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52446,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.12828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8342C

secondary

#77C4C9

accent

#DBE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8342C

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

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