#B8422E#B8422E

#B8422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.157 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8422E
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 46.58, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 59.57, 38.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1329 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.157 32)
XYZ	xyz(22.2109, 14.2872, 4.1724)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8422E #2EA4B8

analogous

#B82E5F #B8422E #B8872E

triadic

#B8422E #2EB842 #422EB8

tetradic

#B8422E #5FB82E #2EA4B8 #872EB8

square

#B8422E #5FB82E #2EA4B8 #872EB8

split-complementary

#B8422E #2EB887 #2E5FB8

monochromatic

#561F16 #873022 #B8422E #D36350 #DF8F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B8422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B8422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8422E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8422E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA233E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.157 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c68',
    500: '#b8422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8422e;
$custom-light: #d57c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54053,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.14284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8422E

secondary

#79BDC8

accent

#CCE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8422E

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

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