#B8402E#B8402E

#B8402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.159 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8402E
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 47.46, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 60.04, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1356 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.159 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0961, 14.0576, 4.1341)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8402E #2EA6B8

analogous

#B82E61 #B8402E #B8852E

triadic

#B8402E #2EB840 #402EB8

tetradic

#B8402E #61B82E #2EA6B8 #852EB8

square

#B8402E #61B82E #2EA6B8 #852EB8

split-complementary

#B8402E #2EB885 #2E61B8

monochromatic

#561E16 #872F22 #B8402E #D36150 #DF8D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B8402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B8402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8402E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8402E	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)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA203D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.159 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b68',
    500: '#b8402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8402e;
$custom-light: #d57b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53807,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8402E

secondary

#79BEC8

accent

#CEE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8402E

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

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