#B8455E#B8455E

#B8455E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.149 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8455E
RGB	rgb(184, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(347, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 48.49, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 49.56, 11.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1471 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.149 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9175, 15.2577, 12.2730)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8455E #45B89F

analogous

#B84597 #B8455E #B86645

triadic

#B8455E #5EB845 #455EB8

tetradic

#B8455E #97B845 #45B89F #6645B8

square

#B8455E #97B845 #45B89F #6645B8

split-complementary

#B8455E #45B866 #4597B8

monochromatic

#5F2431 #8B3447 #B8455E #CA7184 #DA9DAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B8455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B8455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8455E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8455E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C765B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.149 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27e8b',
    500: '#b8455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8455e;
$custom-light: #d27e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55334,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8455E

secondary

#92C7BB

accent

#D5B953

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150A0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8455E

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

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