#B8402B#B8402B

#B8402B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.159 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8402B
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 47.34, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 60.94, 39.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1346 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.159 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0390, 14.0347, 3.8335)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8402B #2BA3B8

analogous

#B82B5D #B8402B #B8872B

triadic

#B8402B #2BB840 #402BB8

tetradic

#B8402B #5DB82B #2BA3B8 #872BB8

square

#B8402B #5DB82B #2BA3B8 #872BB8

split-complementary

#B8402B #2BB887 #2B5DB8

monochromatic

#551D14 #862F1F #B8402B #D5604B #E18C7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B8402B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B8402B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8402B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8402B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8402B	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8402b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.159 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b66',
    500: '#b8402b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8402b;
$custom-light: #d57b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8402b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53772,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8402B

secondary

#76BDC9

accent

#CDE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8402B

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

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