#B8422F#B8422F

#B8422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.156 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8422F
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 46.63, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 59.27, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1332 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.156 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2309, 14.2952, 4.2774)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8422F #2FA5B8

analogous

#B82F61 #B8422F #B8862F

triadic

#B8422F #2FB842 #422FB8

tetradic

#B8422F #61B82F #2FA5B8 #862FB8

square

#B8422F #61B82F #2FA5B8 #862FB8

split-complementary

#B8422F #2FB886 #2F61B8

monochromatic

#571F16 #873123 #B8422F #D36352 #DF8F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B8422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B8422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8422F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8422F	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)

#63592C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.156 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c68',
    500: '#b8422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8422f;
$custom-light: #d57c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.321,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54065,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8422F

secondary

#7BBDC8

accent

#CDE245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8422F

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

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