#B8523E#B8523E

#B8523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.137 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8523E
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 39.85, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 50.90, 38.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1151 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.137 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6562, 16.5757, 6.5102)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8523E #3EA4B8

analogous

#B83E67 #B8523E #B88F3E

triadic

#B8523E #3EB852 #523EB8

tetradic

#B8523E #67B83E #3EA4B8 #8F3EB8

square

#B8523E #67B83E #3EA4B8 #8F3EB8

split-complementary

#B8523E #3EB88F #3E67B8

monochromatic

#5C291F #8A3E2F #B8523E #CC7867 #DBA195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B8523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B8523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8523E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8523E	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)

#6D633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.137 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38674',
    500: '#b8523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8523e;
$custom-light: #d38674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56444,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8523E

secondary

#8BBDC7

accent

#C2D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8523E

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

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