#B8442D#B8442D

#B8442D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442D
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 45.65, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 59.41, 39.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1298 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.155 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3103, 14.5172, 4.1094)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442D #2DA1B8

analogous

#B82D5C #B8442D #B88A2D

triadic

#B8442D #2DB844 #442DB8

tetradic

#B8442D #5CB82D #2DA1B8 #8A2DB8

square

#B8442D #5CB82D #2DA1B8 #8A2DB8

split-complementary

#B8442D #2DB88A #2D5CB8

monochromatic

#562015 #873221 #B8442D #D4644E #E08F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B8442D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B8442D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442D	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)

#645A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d67',
    500: '#b8442d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442d;
$custom-light: #d57d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442D

secondary

#78BBC9

accent

#C9E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442D

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

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