#B8404E#B8404E

#B8404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8404E
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 49.34, 18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 52.68, 20.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1477 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.155 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9778, 14.4103, 8.7777)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8404E #40B8AA

analogous

#B8408A #B8404E #B86E40

triadic

#B8404E #4EB840 #404EB8

tetradic

#B8404E #8AB840 #40B8AA #6E40B8

square

#B8404E #8AB840 #40B8AA #6E40B8

split-complementary

#B8404E #40B86E #408AB8

monochromatic

#5D2028 #8B303B #B8404E #CB6A75 #DB979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B8404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B8404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8404E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8404E	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)

#5E5A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37b7f',
    500: '#b8404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8404e;
$custom-light: #d37b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54344,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8404E

secondary

#8DC7C0

accent

#D8C850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8404E

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

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