#B73949#B73949

#B73949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.161 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73949
RGB	rgb(183, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 51.55, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 55.19, 20.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.154 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.161 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1963, 13.4777, 7.7347)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73949 #39B7A7

analogous

#B73988 #B73949 #B76839

triadic

#B73949 #49B739 #3949B7

tetradic

#B73949 #88B739 #39B7A7 #6839B7

square

#B73949 #88B739 #39B7A7 #6839B7

split-complementary

#B73949 #39B768 #3988B7

monochromatic

#5A1C24 #882A36 #B73949 #CD606E #DC8E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B73949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B73949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73949

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73949	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C81B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.161 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3777b',
    500: '#b73949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73949;
$custom-light: #d3777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.381,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53277,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73949

secondary

#85C7BE

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73949

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

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