#B8514D#B8514D

#B8514D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.135 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8514D
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 58.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 41.38, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 47.32, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1225 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.135 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0512, 16.6139, 8.9600)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8514D #4DB4B8

analogous

#B84D7E #B8514D #B8864D

triadic

#B8514D #4DB851 #514DB8

tetradic

#B8514D #7EB84D #4DB4B8 #864DB8

square

#B8514D #7EB84D #4DB4B8 #864DB8

split-complementary

#B8514D #4DB886 #4D7EB8

monochromatic

#632A28 #8F3C39 #B8514D #C97C79 #DBA7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B8514D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B8514D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8514D

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8514D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8514D	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8514d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.135 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3857e',
    500: '#b8514d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8514d;
$custom-light: #d3857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8514d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.243,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56559,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8514D

secondary

#99C6C8

accent

#CED355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8514D

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

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