#B8472D#B8472D

#B8472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.152 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8472D
RGB	rgb(184, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 44.28, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 58.73, 41.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1255 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.152 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4964, 14.8894, 4.1715)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8472D #2D9EB8

analogous

#B82D58 #B8472D #B88D2D

triadic

#B8472D #2DB847 #472DB8

tetradic

#B8472D #58B82D #2D9EB8 #8D2DB8

square

#B8472D #58B82D #2D9EB8 #8D2DB8

split-complementary

#B8472D #2DB88D #2D58B8

monochromatic

#562115 #873421 #B8472D #D4674E #E09280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B8472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B8472D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8472D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8472D	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)

#665C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.152 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57f67',
    500: '#b8472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8472d;
$custom-light: #d57f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.223,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54683,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8472D

secondary

#78BAC9

accent

#C6E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8472D

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

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