#B8523A#B8523A

#B8523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.138 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8523A
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 39.62, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 52.12, 40.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1136 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.138 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5504, 16.5334, 5.9533)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8523A #3AA0B8

analogous

#B83A61 #B8523A #B8913A

triadic

#B8523A #3AB852 #523AB8

tetradic

#B8523A #61B83A #3AA0B8 #913AB8

square

#B8523A #61B83A #3AA0B8 #913AB8

split-complementary

#B8523A #3AB891 #3A61B8

monochromatic

#5B291D #893D2B #B8523A #CD7662 #DC9F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B8523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B8523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8523A

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8523A	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.138 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48571',
    500: '#b8523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8523a;
$custom-light: #d48571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56385,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8523A

secondary

#87BBC7

accent

#C0DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8523A

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

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