#B8404B#B8404B

#B8404B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8404B
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 75)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 49.12, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 53.12, 22.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1465 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.155 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8727, 14.3682, 8.2242)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8404B #40B8AD

analogous

#B84087 #B8404B #B87140

triadic

#B8404B #4BB840 #404BB8

tetradic

#B8404B #87B840 #40B8AD #7140B8

square

#B8404B #87B840 #40B8AD #7140B8

split-complementary

#B8404B #40B871 #4087B8

monochromatic

#5D2026 #8B3038 #B8404B #CB6A73 #DB979E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B8404B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B8404B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8404B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8404B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8404B	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8404b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37b7d',
    500: '#b8404b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8404b;
$custom-light: #d37b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8404b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5428,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8404B

secondary

#8DC7C1

accent

#D8CB50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8404B

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

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