#B8442C#B8442C

#B8442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442C
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 45.61, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 59.72, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1295 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.155 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2913, 14.5096, 4.0092)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442C #2CA0B8

analogous

#B82C5A #B8442C #B88A2C

triadic

#B8442C #2CB844 #442CB8

tetradic

#B8442C #5AB82C #2CA0B8 #8A2CB8

square

#B8442C #5AB82C #2CA0B8 #8A2CB8

split-complementary

#B8442C #2CB88A #2C5AB8

monochromatic

#551F14 #873220 #B8442C #D4644D #E08F7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B8442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B8442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442C	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d66',
    500: '#b8442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442c;
$custom-light: #d57d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54282,
    "c": 0.15517,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442C

secondary

#77BBC9

accent

#C9E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442C

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

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