#B8293B#B8293B

#B8293B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.178 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8293B
RGB	rgb(184, 41, 59)
HSL	hsl(352, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 56.68, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 62.22, 24.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.1675 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.178 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3519, 12.0953, 5.3472)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8293B #29B8A6

analogous

#B82983 #B8293B #B85F29

triadic

#B8293B #3BB829 #293BB8

tetradic

#B8293B #83B829 #29B8A6 #5F29B8

square

#B8293B #83B829 #29B8A6 #5F29B8

split-complementary

#B8293B #29B85F #2983B8

monochromatic

#54131B #861E2B #B8293B #D6485A #E17A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B8293B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B8293B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8293B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8293B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8293B	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8293b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 41, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.178 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57070',
    500: '#b8293b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8293b;
$custom-light: #d57070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8293b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.448,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51663,
    "c": 0.17801,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8293B

secondary

#73C9BF

accent

#E7D241

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8293B

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

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