#B73234#B73234

#B73234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.170 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73234
RGB	rgb(183, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 53.00, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 61.31, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1544 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.17 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2913, 12.5996, 4.5590)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73234 #32B7B5

analogous

#B73276 #B73234 #B77232

triadic

#B73234 #34B732 #3234B7

tetradic

#B73234 #76B732 #32B7B5 #7232B7

square

#B73234 #76B732 #32B7B5 #7232B7

split-complementary

#B73234 #32B772 #3276B7

monochromatic

#571819 #872526 #B73234 #D15657 #DE8687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B73234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B73234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73234

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73234	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)

#585133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.170 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5746b',
    500: '#b73234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73234;
$custom-light: #d5746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52179,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73234

secondary

#7DC7C6

accent

#E0DE47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73234

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

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