#B84243#B84243

#B84243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.153 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84243
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 47.71, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 53.99, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1406 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.153 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7307, 14.4951, 6.9100)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84243 #42B8B7

analogous

#B8427E #B84243 #B87C42

triadic

#B84243 #43B842 #4243B8

tetradic

#B84243 #7EB842 #42B8B7 #7C42B8

square

#B84243 #7EB842 #42B8B7 #7C42B8

split-complementary

#B84243 #42B87C #427EB8

monochromatic

#5E2222 #8B3233 #B84243 #CB6D6D #DB9A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B84243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B84243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84243

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84243	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.153 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47c77',
    500: '#b84243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84243;
$custom-light: #d47c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.492,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54367,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84243

secondary

#8FC7C6

accent

#D7D651

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84243

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

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