#B84040#B84040

#B84040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.156 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84040
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 48.39, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 55.23, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1422 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.156 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5282, 14.2304, 6.4100)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84040 #40B8B8

analogous

#B8407C #B84040 #B87C40

triadic

#B84040 #40B840 #4040B8

tetradic

#B84040 #7CB840 #40B8B8 #7C40B8

square

#B84040 #7CB840 #40B8B8 #7C40B8

split-complementary

#B84040 #40B87C #407CB8

monochromatic

#5D2020 #8B3030 #B84040 #CB6A6A #DB9797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B84040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B84040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84040

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84040	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.156 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47b75',
    500: '#b84040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84040;
$custom-light: #d47b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54071,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84040

secondary

#8DC7C7

accent

#D8D850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84040

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

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