#B8473A#B8473A

#B8473A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.149 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8473A
RGB	rgb(184, 71, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 44.91, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 54.84, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1301 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.149 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7864, 15.0054, 5.6986)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8473A #3AABB8

analogous

#B83A6C #B8473A #B8863A

triadic

#B8473A #3AB847 #473AB8

tetradic

#B8473A #6CB83A #3AABB8 #863AB8

square

#B8473A #6CB83A #3AABB8 #863AB8

split-complementary

#B8473A #3AB886 #3A6CB8

monochromatic

#5B231D #89352B #B8473A #CD6D62 #DC9890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B8473A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B8473A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8473A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8473A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8473A	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8473a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 71, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.149 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f70',
    500: '#b8473a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8473a;
$custom-light: #d47f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8473a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.19,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54854,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8473A

secondary

#87C0C7

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8473A

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

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