#B8382C#B8382C

#B8382C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.166 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8382C
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 44)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 50.70, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 62.49, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1453 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.166 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6384, 13.2038, 3.7916)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8382C #2CACB8

analogous

#B82C66 #B8382C #B87E2C

triadic

#B8382C #2CB838 #382CB8

tetradic

#B8382C #66B82C #2CACB8 #7E2CB8

square

#B8382C #66B82C #2CACB8 #7E2CB8

split-complementary

#B8382C #2CB87E #2C66B8

monochromatic

#551A14 #872920 #B8382C #D4584D #E0877E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B8382C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B8382C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8382C

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8382C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8382C	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8382c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.166 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67666',
    500: '#b8382c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8382c;
$custom-light: #d67666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8382c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52865,
    "c": 0.16646,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8382C

secondary

#77C2C9

accent

#D7E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8382C

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

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