#B8432B#B8432B

#B8432B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.156 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8432B
RGB	rgb(184, 67, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 46.02, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 60.26, 40.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1305 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.156 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2128, 14.3822, 3.8914)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8432B #2BA0B8

analogous

#B82B59 #B8432B #B88A2B

triadic

#B8432B #2BB843 #432BB8

tetradic

#B8432B #59B82B #2BA0B8 #8A2BB8

square

#B8432B #59B82B #2BA0B8 #8A2BB8

split-complementary

#B8432B #2BB88A #2B59B8

monochromatic

#551F14 #86311F #B8432B #D5634B #E18E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B8432B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B8432B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8432B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8432B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8432B	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8432b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 67, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.156 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c66',
    500: '#b8432b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8432b;
$custom-light: #d57c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8432b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.213,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54144,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8432B

secondary

#76BBC9

accent

#CAE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8432B

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

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