#B13238#B13238

#B13238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.163 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B13238
RGB	rgb(177, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 51.29, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 57.89, 27.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.1506 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.163 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9880, 11.9168, 4.9883)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B13238 #32B1AB

analogous

#B13278 #B13238 #B16B32

triadic

#B13238 #38B132 #3238B1

tetradic

#B13238 #78B132 #32B1AB #6B32B1

square

#B13238 #78B132 #32B1AB #6B32B1

split-complementary

#B13238 #32B16B #3278B1

monochromatic

#52171A #812529 #B13238 #CE5258 #DC8286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B13238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B13238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B13238

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B13238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B13238	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b13238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.163 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0736e',
    500: '#b13238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b13238;
$custom-light: #d0736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b13238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51194,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B13238

secondary

#7AC5C1

accent

#DFD849

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B13238

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

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