#B84837#B84837

#B84837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.149 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84837
RGB	rgb(184, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 44.29, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 55.44, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1275 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.149 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.7764, 15.1040, 5.3297)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84837 #37A7B8

analogous

#B83767 #B84837 #B88937

triadic

#B84837 #37B848 #4837B8

tetradic

#B84837 #67B837 #37A7B8 #8937B8

square

#B84837 #67B837 #37A7B8 #8937B8

split-complementary

#B84837 #37B889 #3767B8

monochromatic

#5A231B #893629 #B84837 #CF6C5D #DD978D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B84837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B84837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84837

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84837	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.149 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f6e',
    500: '#b84837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84837;
$custom-light: #d47f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.907,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54943,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.15101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84837

secondary

#84BEC7

accent

#CADD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84837

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

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