#B84938#B84938

#B84938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.148 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84938
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 43.87, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 54.90, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1264 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.148 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.8658, 15.2440, 5.4789)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84938 #38A7B8

analogous

#B83867 #B84938 #B88938

triadic

#B84938 #38B849 #4938B8

tetradic

#B84938 #67B838 #38A7B8 #8938B8

square

#B84938 #67B838 #38A7B8 #8938B8

split-complementary

#B84938 #38B889 #3867B8

monochromatic

#5A241B #89362A #B84938 #CE6E5F #DD988E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B84938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B84938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84938

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84938	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.148 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4806f',
    500: '#b84938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84938;
$custom-light: #d4806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.969,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5509,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.15241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84938

secondary

#85BEC7

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84938

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

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