#B8524A#B8524A

#B8524A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.134 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8524A
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 40.66, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 47.69, 31.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1197 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.134 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0226, 16.7223, 8.4399)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8524A #4AB0B8

analogous

#B84A79 #B8524A #B8894A

triadic

#B8524A #4AB852 #524AB8

tetradic

#B8524A #79B84A #4AB0B8 #894AB8

square

#B8524A #79B84A #4AB0B8 #894AB8

split-complementary

#B8524A #4AB889 #4A79B8

monochromatic

#612B26 #8D3E37 #B8524A #C97C76 #DAA6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B8524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B8524A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8524A

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8524A	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.134 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3867c',
    500: '#b8524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8524a;
$custom-light: #d3867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56646,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8524A

secondary

#96C4C7

accent

#CAD354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8524A

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

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