#B8432A#B8432A

#B8432A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.157 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8432A
RGB	rgb(184, 67, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 45.98, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 60.57, 40.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1302 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.157 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1947, 14.3750, 3.7960)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8432A #2A9FB8

analogous

#B82A58 #B8432A #B88A2A

triadic

#B8432A #2AB843 #432AB8

tetradic

#B8432A #58B82A #2A9FB8 #8A2AB8

square

#B8432A #58B82A #2A9FB8 #8A2AB8

split-complementary

#B8432A #2AB88A #2A58B8

monochromatic

#541F13 #86311F #B8432A #D6624A #E18D7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B8432A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B8432A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8432A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8432A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8432A	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)

#645A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8432a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 67, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.157 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c65',
    500: '#b8432a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8432a;
$custom-light: #d57c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8432a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.563,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54133,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8432A

secondary

#75BAC9

accent

#C9E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8432A

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

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