#B8492D#B8492D

#B8492D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.150 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8492D
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 45)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 43.34, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 58.28, 41.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1226 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.15 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6257, 15.1480, 4.2146)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8492D #2D9CB8

analogous

#B82D57 #B8492D #B88E2D

triadic

#B8492D #2DB849 #492DB8

tetradic

#B8492D #57B82D #2D9CB8 #8E2DB8

square

#B8492D #57B82D #2D9CB8 #8E2DB8

split-complementary

#B8492D #2DB88E #2D57B8

monochromatic

#562215 #873521 #B8492D #D4694E #E09380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B8492D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B8492D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8492D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8492D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8492D	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8492d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.150 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58067',
    500: '#b8492d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8492d;
$custom-light: #d58067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8492d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5495,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8492D

secondary

#78B8C9

accent

#C4E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8492D

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

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