#B8422A#B8422A

#B8422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.158 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8422A
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 46.42, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 60.80, 40.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1316 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.158 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1357, 14.2571, 3.7763)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8422A #2AA0B8

analogous

#B82A59 #B8422A #B8892A

triadic

#B8422A #2AB842 #422AB8

tetradic

#B8422A #59B82A #2AA0B8 #892AB8

square

#B8422A #59B82A #2AA0B8 #892AB8

split-complementary

#B8422A #2AB889 #2A59B8

monochromatic

#541E13 #86301F #B8422A #D6614A #E18D7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B8422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B8422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8422A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8422A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.158 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c65',
    500: '#b8422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8422a;
$custom-light: #d57c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.141,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54007,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8422A

secondary

#75BBC9

accent

#CAE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8422A

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

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