#B8492B#B8492B

#B8492B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.151 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8492B
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 43)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 43.26, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 58.92, 42.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.122 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.151 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5881, 15.1330, 4.0166)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8492B #2B9AB8

analogous

#B82B54 #B8492B #B8902B

triadic

#B8492B #2BB849 #492BB8

tetradic

#B8492B #54B82B #2B9AB8 #902BB8

square

#B8492B #54B82B #2B9AB8 #902BB8

split-complementary

#B8492B #2BB890 #2B54B8

monochromatic

#552214 #86351F #B8492B #D5694B #E1927D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B8492B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B8492B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8492B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8492B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8492B	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8492b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.151 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58066',
    500: '#b8492b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8492b;
$custom-light: #d58066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8492b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54928,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8492B

secondary

#76B7C9

accent

#C3E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8492B

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

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