#B8353E#B8353E

#B8353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.167 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8353E
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 52.73, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 58.67, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1555 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.167 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9121, 13.0876, 5.9288)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8353E #35B8AF

analogous

#B83580 #B8353E #B86E35

triadic

#B8353E #3EB835 #353EB8

tetradic

#B8353E #80B835 #35B8AF #6E35B8

square

#B8353E #80B835 #35B8AF #6E35B8

split-complementary

#B8353E #35B86E #3580B8

monochromatic

#591A1E #88272E #B8353E #D05B63 #DD8A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#B8353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B8353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8353E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8353E	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59543D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.167 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57573',
    500: '#b8353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8353e;
$custom-light: #d57573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52815,
    "c": 0.16699,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8353E

secondary

#81C7C3

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8353E

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

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