#B8432D#B8432D

#B8432D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.156 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8432D
RGB	rgb(184, 67, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 46.10, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 59.64, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1312 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.156 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2504, 14.3973, 4.0894)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8432D #2DA2B8

analogous

#B82D5D #B8432D #B8882D

triadic

#B8432D #2DB843 #432DB8

tetradic

#B8432D #5DB82D #2DA2B8 #882DB8

square

#B8432D #5DB82D #2DA2B8 #882DB8

split-complementary

#B8432D #2DB888 #2D5DB8

monochromatic

#561F15 #873121 #B8432D #D4644E #E08F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B8432D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B8432D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8432D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8432D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8432D	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA253F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8432d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 67, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.156 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c67',
    500: '#b8432d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8432d;
$custom-light: #d57c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8432d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.496,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54166,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8432D

secondary

#78BCC9

accent

#CBE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8432D

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

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