#B84237#B84237

#B84237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.155 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84237
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 47.01, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 56.96, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.136 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.155 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4073, 14.3658, 5.2067)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84237 #37ADB8

analogous

#B8376D #B84237 #B88337

triadic

#B84237 #37B842 #4237B8

tetradic

#B84237 #6DB837 #37ADB8 #8337B8

square

#B84237 #6DB837 #37ADB8 #8337B8

split-complementary

#B84237 #37B883 #376DB8

monochromatic

#5A201B #893129 #B84237 #CF675D #DD938D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B84237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B84237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84237

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84237	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.155 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c6e',
    500: '#b84237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84237;
$custom-light: #d57c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.116,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54172,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84237

secondary

#84C1C7

accent

#D1DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84237

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

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