#B8492E#B8492E

#B8492E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.150 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8492E
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 43.39, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 57.96, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.123 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.15 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6452, 15.1558, 4.3172)
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

#B8492E #2E9DB8

analogous

#B82E58 #B8492E #B88E2E

triadic

#B8492E #2EB849 #492EB8

tetradic

#B8492E #58B82E #2E9DB8 #8E2EB8

square

#B8492E #58B82E #2E9DB8 #8E2EB8

split-complementary

#B8492E #2EB88E #2E58B8

monochromatic

#562216 #873622 #B8492E #D36A50 #DF9381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B8492E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B8492E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8492E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8492E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8492E	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)

#685D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8492e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.150 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58068',
    500: '#b8492e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8492e;
$custom-light: #d58068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8492e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54962,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8492E

secondary

#79B9C8

accent

#C4E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8492E

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

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