#B73226#B73226

#B73226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.172 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73226
RGB	rgb(183, 50, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 52.43, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 65.14, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1497 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.172 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0214, 12.4917, 3.1376)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73226 #26ABB7

analogous

#B72662 #B73226 #B77B26

triadic

#B73226 #26B732 #3226B7

tetradic

#B73226 #62B726 #26ABB7 #7B26B7

square

#B73226 #62B726 #26ABB7 #7B26B7

split-complementary

#B73226 #26B77B #2662B7

monochromatic

#521611 #84241B #B73226 #D84F42 #E27E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B73226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B73226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73226

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73226	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 50, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.172 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67362',
    500: '#b73226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73226;
$custom-light: #d67362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.966,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52002,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73226

secondary

#6FC2CA

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73226

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

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