#B73427#B73427

#B73427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.170 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73427
RGB	rgb(183, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 78.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 51.72, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 64.42, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.1476 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.17 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1251, 12.6730, 3.2529)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73427 #27AAB7

analogous

#B72762 #B73427 #B77C27

triadic

#B73427 #27B734 #3427B7

tetradic

#B73427 #62B727 #27AAB7 #7C27B7

square

#B73427 #62B727 #27AAB7 #7C27B7

split-complementary

#B73427 #27B77C #2762B7

monochromatic

#521711 #85261C #B73427 #D75144 #E28076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#B73427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#B73427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73427

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73427	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.170 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57462',
    500: '#b73427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73427;
$custom-light: #d57462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52214,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73427

secondary

#70C1C9

accent

#D9E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73427

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

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