#B73232#B73232

#B73232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.170 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73232
RGB	rgb(183, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 72.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 52.91, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 61.82, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.15% 0.1537 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(52.15% 0.17 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2472, 12.5820, 4.3268)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73232 #32B7B7

analogous

#B73274 #B73232 #B77432

triadic

#B73232 #32B732 #3232B7

tetradic

#B73232 #74B732 #32B7B7 #7432B7

square

#B73232 #74B732 #32B7B7 #7432B7

split-complementary

#B73232 #32B774 #3274B7

monochromatic

#571818 #872525 #B73232 #D15656 #DE8686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B73232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B73232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73232

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73232	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.170 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5746a',
    500: '#b73232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73232;
$custom-light: #d5746a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5215,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73232

secondary

#7DC7C7

accent

#E0E047

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73232

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

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