#B8352C#B8352C

#B8352C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.169 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8352C
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 44)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 51.86, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 63.17, 34.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.149 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.169 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4974, 12.9217, 3.7446)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8352C #2CAFB8

analogous

#B82C69 #B8352C #B87B2C

triadic

#B8352C #2CB835 #352CB8

tetradic

#B8352C #69B82C #2CAFB8 #7B2CB8

square

#B8352C #69B82C #2CAFB8 #7B2CB8

split-complementary

#B8352C #2CB87B #2C69B8

monochromatic

#551914 #872720 #B8352C #D4564D #E0847E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B8352C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B8352C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8352C

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8352C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8352C	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)

#5B522A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8352c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.169 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67566',
    500: '#b8352c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8352c;
$custom-light: #d67566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8352c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52548,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8352C

secondary

#77C4C9

accent

#DAE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8352C

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

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