#B8462E#B8462E

#B8462E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.153 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8462E
RGB	rgb(184, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 44.78, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 58.64, 40.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1273 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.153 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4529, 14.7711, 4.2530)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8462E #2EA0B8

analogous

#B82E5B #B8462E #B88B2E

triadic

#B8462E #2EB846 #462EB8

tetradic

#B8462E #5BB82E #2EA0B8 #8B2EB8

square

#B8462E #5BB82E #2EA0B8 #8B2EB8

split-complementary

#B8462E #2EB88B #2E5BB8

monochromatic

#562116 #873322 #B8462E #D36750 #DF9181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B8462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B8462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8462E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8462E	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.153 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57e68',
    500: '#b8462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8462e;
$custom-light: #d57e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54563,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8462E

secondary

#79BBC8

accent

#C8E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8462E

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

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