#B84231#B84231

#B84231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.156 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84231
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 46.72, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 58.67, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1339 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.156 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2721, 14.3117, 4.4948)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84231 #31A7B8

analogous

#B83163 #B84231 #B88631

triadic

#B84231 #31B842 #4231B8

tetradic

#B84231 #63B831 #31A7B8 #8631B8

square

#B84231 #63B831 #31A7B8 #8631B8

split-complementary

#B84231 #31B886 #3163B8

monochromatic

#571F17 #883124 #B84231 #D26455 #DE9085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B84231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B84231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84231

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84231	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)

#63592E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA243F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.156 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c6a',
    500: '#b84231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84231;
$custom-light: #d57c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5409,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84231

secondary

#7DBEC8

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84231

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

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