#B8442F#B8442F

#B8442F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442F
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 47)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 45.74, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 58.80, 38.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1304 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.155 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3498, 14.5330, 4.3170)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442F #2FA3B8

analogous

#B82F5F #B8442F #B8882F

triadic

#B8442F #2FB844 #442FB8

tetradic

#B8442F #5FB82F #2FA3B8 #882FB8

square

#B8442F #5FB82F #2FA3B8 #882FB8

split-complementary

#B8442F #2FB888 #2F5FB8

monochromatic

#572016 #873223 #B8442F #D36552 #DF9082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B8442F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B8442F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442F	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d69',
    500: '#b8442f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442f;
$custom-light: #d57d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.197,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54317,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442F

secondary

#7BBCC8

accent

#CAE245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442F

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

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