#B8523D#B8523D

#B8523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.137 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8523D
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 39.79, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 51.20, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1147 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.137 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6290, 16.5648, 6.3670)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8523D #3DA3B8

analogous

#B83D65 #B8523D #B88F3D

triadic

#B8523D #3DB852 #523DB8

tetradic

#B8523D #65B83D #3DA3B8 #8F3DB8

square

#B8523D #65B83D #3DA3B8 #8F3DB8

split-complementary

#B8523D #3DB88F #3D65B8

monochromatic

#5C291F #8A3E2E #B8523D #CC7766 #DBA094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B8523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B8523D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8523D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8523D	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)

#6D633B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.137 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38573',
    500: '#b8523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8523d;
$custom-light: #d38573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.244,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56429,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8523D

secondary

#8ABCC7

accent

#C2DA4E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8523D

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

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