#B8523F#B8523F

#B8523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.137 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8523F
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 65.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 39.92, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 50.60, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1154 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.137 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6839, 16.5868, 6.6560)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8523F #3FA5B8

analogous

#B83F69 #B8523F #B88E3F

triadic

#B8523F #3FB852 #523FB8

tetradic

#B8523F #69B83F #3FA5B8 #8E3FB8

square

#B8523F #69B83F #3FA5B8 #8E3FB8

split-complementary

#B8523F #3FB88E #3F69B8

monochromatic

#5D2920 #8A3E2F #B8523F #CC7869 #DBA196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B8523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B8523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8523F

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8523F	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)

#6D643D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.137 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38674',
    500: '#b8523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8523f;
$custom-light: #d38674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56459,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8523F

secondary

#8CBEC7

accent

#C3D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8523F

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

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