#B84642#B84642

#B84642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.149 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84642
RGB	rgb(184, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 45.85, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 53.06, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1345 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.149 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9429, 14.9671, 6.8340)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84642 #42B4B8

analogous

#B84279 #B84642 #B88142

triadic

#B84642 #42B846 #4642B8

tetradic

#B84642 #79B842 #42B4B8 #8142B8

square

#B84642 #79B842 #42B4B8 #8142B8

split-complementary

#B84642 #42B881 #4279B8

monochromatic

#5E2422 #8B3532 #B84642 #CB706D #DB9C9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B84642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B84642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84642

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84642	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.149 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47e76',
    500: '#b84642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84642;
$custom-light: #d47e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.034,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54853,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84642

secondary

#8FC5C7

accent

#D2D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84642

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

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