#B8452E#B8452E

#B8452E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.154 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8452E
RGB	rgb(184, 69, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 45.24, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 58.87, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1287 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.154 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3908, 14.6470, 4.2324)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8452E #2EA1B8

analogous

#B82E5C #B8452E #B88A2E

triadic

#B8452E #2EB845 #452EB8

tetradic

#B8452E #5CB82E #2EA1B8 #8A2EB8

square

#B8452E #5CB82E #2EA1B8 #8A2EB8

split-complementary

#B8452E #2EB88A #2E5CB8

monochromatic

#562016 #873322 #B8452E #D36650 #DF9181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B8452E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B8452E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8452E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8452E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8452E	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8452e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 69, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.154 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57e68',
    500: '#b8452e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8452e;
$custom-light: #d57e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8452e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54433,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8452E

secondary

#79BBC8

accent

#C9E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8452E

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

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