#B8442E#B8442E

#B8442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442E
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 45.69, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 59.10, 39.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1301 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.155 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3298, 14.5250, 4.2120)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442E #2EA2B8

analogous

#B82E5D #B8442E #B8892E

triadic

#B8442E #2EB844 #442EB8

tetradic

#B8442E #5DB82E #2EA2B8 #892EB8

square

#B8442E #5DB82E #2EA2B8 #892EB8

split-complementary

#B8442E #2EB889 #2E5DB8

monochromatic

#562016 #873222 #B8442E #D36550 #DF9081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B8442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B8442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442E	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)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d68',
    500: '#b8442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442e;
$custom-light: #d57d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54305,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442E

secondary

#79BCC8

accent

#CAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442E

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

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