#B84C42#B84C42

#B84C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.142 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B84C42
RGB	rgb(184, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 43.04, 28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 51.36, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1257 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.142 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3372, 15.7556, 6.9654)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B84C42 #42AEB8

analogous

#B84273 #B84C42 #B88742

triadic

#B84C42 #42B84C #4C42B8

tetradic

#B84C42 #73B842 #42AEB8 #8742B8

square

#B84C42 #73B842 #42AEB8 #8742B8

split-complementary

#B84C42 #42B887 #4273B8

monochromatic

#5E2722 #8B3932 #B84C42 #CB756D #DB9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B84C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B84C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B84C42

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B84C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B84C42	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b84c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.142 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38276',
    500: '#b84c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b84c42;
$custom-light: #d38276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b84c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.085,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55654,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B84C42

secondary

#8FC2C7

accent

#CBD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B84C42

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

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