#B8342E#B8342E

#B8342E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.170 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8342E
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 46)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 52.32, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 62.84, 33.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1508 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.17 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4907, 12.8468, 3.9323)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8342E #2EB2B8

analogous

#B82E6D #B8342E #B8792E

triadic

#B8342E #2EB834 #342EB8

tetradic

#B8342E #6DB82E #2EB2B8 #792EB8

square

#B8342E #6DB82E #2EB2B8 #792EB8

split-complementary

#B8342E #2EB879 #2E6DB8

monochromatic

#561816 #872622 #B8342E #D35650 #DF8581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B8342E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B8342E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8342E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8342E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8342E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B522C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8342e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.170 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67567',
    500: '#b8342e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8342e;
$custom-light: #d67567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8342e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52471,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8342E

secondary

#79C5C8

accent

#DCE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8342E

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

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