#B8343E#B8343E

#B8343E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.168 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8343E
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 53.10, 25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 58.94, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1567 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.168 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8670, 12.9973, 5.9138)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8343E #34B8AE

analogous

#B83480 #B8343E #B86C34

triadic

#B8343E #3EB834 #343EB8

tetradic

#B8343E #80B834 #34B8AE #6C34B8

square

#B8343E #80B834 #34B8AE #6C34B8

split-complementary

#B8343E #34B86C #3480B8

monochromatic

#59191E #88272E #B8343E #D05962 #DE898F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B8343E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B8343E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8343E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8343E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8343E	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59533D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8343e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.168 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57573',
    500: '#b8343e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8343e;
$custom-light: #d57573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8343e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52714,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8343E

secondary

#80C8C2

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8343E

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

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