#B8404D#B8404D

#B8404D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8404D
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 77)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 58.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 49.27, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 52.82, 21.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1473 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.155 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9422, 14.3960, 8.5903)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8404D #40B8AB

analogous

#B84089 #B8404D #B86F40

triadic

#B8404D #4DB840 #404DB8

tetradic

#B8404D #89B840 #40B8AB #6F40B8

square

#B8404D #89B840 #40B8AB #6F40B8

split-complementary

#B8404D #40B86F #4089B8

monochromatic

#5D2027 #8B303A #B8404D #CB6A75 #DB979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B8404D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B8404D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8404D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8404D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8404D	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8404d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37b7e',
    500: '#b8404d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8404d;
$custom-light: #d37b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8404d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54322,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8404D

secondary

#8DC7C0

accent

#D8C950

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8404D

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

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