#B8423F#B8423F

#B8423F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.154 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8423F
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 65.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 47.46, 27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 54.90, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.139 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.154 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6148, 14.4488, 6.2997)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8423F #3FB5B8

analogous

#B83F78 #B8423F #B87E3F

triadic

#B8423F #3FB842 #423FB8

tetradic

#B8423F #78B83F #3FB5B8 #7E3FB8

square

#B8423F #78B83F #3FB5B8 #7E3FB8

split-complementary

#B8423F #3FB87E #3F78B8

monochromatic

#5D2120 #8A322F #B8423F #CC6B69 #DB9896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B8423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B8423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8423F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8423F	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.154 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c74',
    500: '#b8423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8423f;
$custom-light: #d47c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.488,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54297,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8423F

secondary

#8CC5C7

accent

#D5D94F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8423F

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

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