#B8342D#B8342D

#B8342D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.170 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8342D
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 45)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 52.28, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 63.12, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1505 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.17 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4713, 12.8391, 3.8297)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8342D #2DB1B8

analogous

#B82D6B #B8342D #B87A2D

triadic

#B8342D #2DB834 #342DB8

tetradic

#B8342D #6BB82D #2DB1B8 #7A2DB8

square

#B8342D #6BB82D #2DB1B8 #7A2DB8

split-complementary

#B8342D #2DB87A #2D6BB8

monochromatic

#561815 #872621 #B8342D #D4554E #E08480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B8342D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B8342D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8342D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8342D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8342D	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)

#5B522B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8342d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.170 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67566',
    500: '#b8342d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8342d;
$custom-light: #d67566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8342d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52458,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8342D

secondary

#78C5C9

accent

#DCE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8342D

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

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