#B8523B#B8523B

#B8523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.138 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8523B
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 39.68, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 51.81, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1139 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.138 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5761, 16.5437, 6.0886)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8523B #3BA1B8

analogous

#B83B63 #B8523B #B8903B

triadic

#B8523B #3BB852 #523BB8

tetradic

#B8523B #63B83B #3BA1B8 #903BB8

square

#B8523B #63B83B #3BA1B8 #903BB8

split-complementary

#B8523B #3BB890 #3B63B8

monochromatic

#5B291D #8A3D2C #B8523B #CD7763 #DC9F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B8523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B8523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8523B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8523B	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.138 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48571',
    500: '#b8523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8523b;
$custom-light: #d48571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.04,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56399,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8523B

secondary

#88BBC7

accent

#C1DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8523B

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

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