#B8424E#B8424E

#B8424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.152 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8424E
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(354, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 48.47, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 52.02, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.145 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.152 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0926, 14.6399, 8.8160)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8424E #42B8AC

analogous

#B84289 #B8424E #B87142

triadic

#B8424E #4EB842 #424EB8

tetradic

#B8424E #89B842 #42B8AC #7142B8

square

#B8424E #89B842 #42B8AC #7142B8

split-complementary

#B8424E #42B871 #4289B8

monochromatic

#5E2228 #8B323B #B8424E #CB6D76 #DB9AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B8424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B8424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8424E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8424E	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.152 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37c7f',
    500: '#b8424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8424e;
$custom-light: #d37c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54584,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8424E

secondary

#8FC7C1

accent

#D7C951

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8424E

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