#B8472C#B8472C

#B8472C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8472C
RGB	rgb(184, 71, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 44.23, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 59.04, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1252 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4774, 14.8818, 4.0713)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8472C #2C9DB8

analogous

#B82C57 #B8472C #B88D2C

triadic

#B8472C #2CB847 #472CB8

tetradic

#B8472C #57B82C #2C9DB8 #8D2CB8

square

#B8472C #57B82C #2C9DB8 #8D2CB8

split-complementary

#B8472C #2CB88D #2C57B8

monochromatic

#552114 #873420 #B8472C #D4674D #E0917E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B8472C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B8472C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8472C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8472C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8472C	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8472c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 71, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57f67',
    500: '#b8472c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8472c;
$custom-light: #d57f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8472c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54672,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8472C

secondary

#77B9C9

accent

#C5E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8472C

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

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