#B8352B#B8352B

#B8352B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.169 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8352B
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 51.82, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 63.46, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1486 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.169 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4788, 12.9142, 3.6468)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8352B #2BAEB8

analogous

#B82B68 #B8352B #B87B2B

triadic

#B8352B #2BB835 #352BB8

tetradic

#B8352B #68B82B #2BAEB8 #7B2BB8

square

#B8352B #68B82B #2BAEB8 #7B2BB8

split-complementary

#B8352B #2BB87B #2B68B8

monochromatic

#551814 #86271F #B8352B #D5554B #E1847D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B8352B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B8352B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8352B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8352B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8352B	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8352b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.169 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67565',
    500: '#b8352b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8352b;
$custom-light: #d67565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8352b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52536,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8352B

secondary

#76C3C9

accent

#DAE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8352B

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

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