#B8442A#B8442A

#B8442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.156 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442A
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 45.53, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 60.34, 41.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1288 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.156 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2546, 14.4949, 3.8160)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442A #2A9EB8

analogous

#B82A57 #B8442A #B88B2A

triadic

#B8442A #2AB844 #442AB8

tetradic

#B8442A #57B82A #2A9EB8 #8B2AB8

square

#B8442A #57B82A #2A9EB8 #8B2AB8

split-complementary

#B8442A #2AB88B #2A57B8

monochromatic

#541F13 #86321F #B8442A #D6634A #E18E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B8442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B8442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442A	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.156 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d65',
    500: '#b8442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442a;
$custom-light: #d57d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5426,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442A

secondary

#75BAC9

accent

#C8E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442A

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

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