#B8402D#B8402D

#B8402D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.159 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8402D
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 47.42, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 60.34, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1353 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.159 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0766, 14.0498, 4.0315)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8402D #2DA5B8

analogous

#B82D60 #B8402D #B8852D

triadic

#B8402D #2DB840 #402DB8

tetradic

#B8402D #60B82D #2DA5B8 #852DB8

square

#B8402D #60B82D #2DA5B8 #852DB8

split-complementary

#B8402D #2DB885 #2D60B8

monochromatic

#561E15 #872F21 #B8402D #D4614E #E08D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B8402D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B8402D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8402D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8402D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8402D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8402d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.159 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b67',
    500: '#b8402d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8402d;
$custom-light: #d57b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8402d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.201,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53795,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8402D

secondary

#78BEC9

accent

#CEE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8402D

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

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