#B73638#B73638

#B73638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.166 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73638
RGB	rgb(183, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 51.70, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 59.35, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1511 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.166 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5638, 12.9943, 5.1133)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73638 #36B7B5

analogous

#B73679 #B73638 #B77536

triadic

#B73638 #38B736 #3638B7

tetradic

#B73638 #79B736 #36B7B5 #7536B7

square

#B73638 #79B736 #36B7B5 #7536B7

split-complementary

#B73638 #36B775 #3679B7

monochromatic

#581A1B #88282A #B73638 #CF5B5D #DD8B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B73638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B73638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73638

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73638	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.166 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4766e',
    500: '#b73638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73638;
$custom-light: #d4766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.07,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52646,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73638

secondary

#82C7C6

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73638

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

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