#B8504E#B8504E

#B8504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.136 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8504E
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 41.95, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 47.44, 27.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1244 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.136 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0130, 16.4806, 9.1228)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8504E #4EB6B8

analogous

#B84E81 #B8504E #B8854E

triadic

#B8504E #4EB850 #504EB8

tetradic

#B8504E #81B84E #4EB6B8 #854EB8

square

#B8504E #81B84E #4EB6B8 #854EB8

split-complementary

#B8504E #4EB885 #4E81B8

monochromatic

#642928 #8F3B39 #B8504E #CA7B7A #DBA6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B8504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B8504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8504E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8504E	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.136 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3857f',
    500: '#b8504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8504e;
$custom-light: #d3857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56435,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8504E

secondary

#9AC7C8

accent

#D0D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8504E

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

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