#B8422B#B8422B

#B8422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.157 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8422B
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 46.46, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 60.49, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1319 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.157 33)
XYZ	xyz(22.1538, 14.2644, 3.8718)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8422B #2BA1B8

analogous

#B82B5B #B8422B #B8892B

triadic

#B8422B #2BB842 #422BB8

tetradic

#B8422B #5BB82B #2BA1B8 #892BB8

square

#B8422B #5BB82B #2BA1B8 #892BB8

split-complementary

#B8422B #2BB889 #2B5BB8

monochromatic

#551E14 #86301F #B8422B #D5624B #E18D7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B8422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B8422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8422B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8422B	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)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.157 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c66',
    500: '#b8422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8422b;
$custom-light: #d57c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54018,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.14261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8422B

secondary

#76BBC9

accent

#CBE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8422B

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

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