#B8513B#B8513B

#B8513B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.139 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8513B
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 40.17, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 52.04, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1155 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.139 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5012, 16.3940, 6.0636)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8513B #3BA2B8

analogous

#B83B64 #B8513B #B88F3B

triadic

#B8513B #3BB851 #513BB8

tetradic

#B8513B #64B83B #3BA2B8 #8F3BB8

square

#B8513B #64B83B #3BA2B8 #8F3BB8

split-complementary

#B8513B #3BB88F #3B64B8

monochromatic

#5B281D #8A3D2C #B8513B #CD7663 #DC9F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B8513B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B8513B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8513B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8513B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8513B	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8513b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.139 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48571',
    500: '#b8513b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8513b;
$custom-light: #d48571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8513b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56253,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8513B

secondary

#88BCC7

accent

#C2DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8513B

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

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