#B8432E#B8432E

#B8432E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.156 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8432E
RGB	rgb(184, 67, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 46.14, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 59.34, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1315 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.156 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2699, 14.4051, 4.1920)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8432E #2EA3B8

analogous

#B82E5E #B8432E #B8882E

triadic

#B8432E #2EB843 #432EB8

tetradic

#B8432E #5EB82E #2EA3B8 #882EB8

square

#B8432E #5EB82E #2EA3B8 #882EB8

split-complementary

#B8432E #2EB888 #2E5EB8

monochromatic

#561F16 #873122 #B8432E #D36450 #DF8F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B8432E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B8432E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8432E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8432E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8432E	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)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA253F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8432e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 67, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.156 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57c68',
    500: '#b8432e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8432e;
$custom-light: #d57c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8432e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54178,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8432E

secondary

#79BCC8

accent

#CBE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8432E

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

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