#B8373E#B8373E

#B8373E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.165 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8373E
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 51.96, 26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 58.14, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1531 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.165 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0052, 13.2737, 5.9599)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8373E #37B8B1

analogous

#B8377F #B8373E #B87137

triadic

#B8373E #3EB837 #373EB8

tetradic

#B8373E #7FB837 #37B8B1 #7137B8

square

#B8373E #7FB837 #37B8B1 #7137B8

split-complementary

#B8373E #37B871 #377FB8

monochromatic

#5A1B1E #89292E #B8373E #CF5D64 #DD8D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B8373E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B8373E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8373E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8373E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8373E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8373e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.165 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57673',
    500: '#b8373e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8373e;
$custom-light: #d57673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8373e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.744,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53022,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8373E

secondary

#84C7C4

accent

#DDD54A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8373E

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

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