#B8512F#B8512F

#B8512F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.142 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8512F
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 39.55, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 55.91, 44.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1113 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.142 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2250, 16.2835, 4.6088)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8512F #2F96B8

analogous

#B82F51 #B8512F #B8962F

triadic

#B8512F #2FB851 #512FB8

tetradic

#B8512F #51B82F #2F96B8 #962FB8

square

#B8512F #51B82F #2F96B8 #962FB8

split-complementary

#B8512F #2FB896 #2F51B8

monochromatic

#572616 #873C23 #B8512F #D37252 #DF9982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B8512F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B8512F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8512F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8512F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8512F	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8512f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.142 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48569',
    500: '#b8512f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8512f;
$custom-light: #d48569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8512f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.891,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56099,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8512F

secondary

#7BB5C8

accent

#BBE245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8512F

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

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