#B8492F#B8492F

#B8492F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.150 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8492F
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 43.43, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 57.64, 41.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1233 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.15 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6652, 15.1638, 4.4222)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8492F #2F9EB8

analogous

#B82F59 #B8492F #B88D2F

triadic

#B8492F #2FB849 #492FB8

tetradic

#B8492F #59B82F #2F9EB8 #8D2FB8

square

#B8492F #59B82F #2F9EB8 #8D2FB8

split-complementary

#B8492F #2FB88D #2F59B8

monochromatic

#572216 #873623 #B8492F #D36A52 #DF9482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B8492F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B8492F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8492F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8492F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8492F	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)

#685D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8492f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.150 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58069',
    500: '#b8492f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8492f;
$custom-light: #d58069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8492f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.387,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54973,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8492F

secondary

#7BBAC8

accent

#C5E245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8492F

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

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