#B84838#B84838

#B84838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.149 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84838
RGB	rgb(184, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 44.34, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 55.15, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1279 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.149 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8006, 15.1137, 5.4572)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84838 #38A8B8

analogous

#B83868 #B84838 #B88838

triadic

#B84838 #38B848 #4838B8

tetradic

#B84838 #68B838 #38A8B8 #8838B8

square

#B84838 #68B838 #38A8B8 #8838B8

split-complementary

#B84838 #38B888 #3868B8

monochromatic

#5A231B #89362A #B84838 #CE6D5F #DD988E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B84838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B84838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84838

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84838	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)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.149 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f6f',
    500: '#b84838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84838;
$custom-light: #d47f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54957,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84838

secondary

#85BFC7

accent

#CBDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84838

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

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