#B83038#B83038

#B83038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.172 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83038
RGB	rgb(184, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 54.22, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 61.23, 27.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.159 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.172 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5403, 12.5930, 5.0371)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83038 #30B8B0

analogous

#B8307C #B83038 #B86C30

triadic

#B83038 #38B830 #3038B8

tetradic

#B83038 #7CB830 #30B8B0 #6C30B8

square

#B83038 #7CB830 #30B8B0 #6C30B8

split-complementary

#B83038 #30B86C #307CB8

monochromatic

#57171A #872329 #B83038 #D2535B #DF8489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B83038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B83038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83038

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83038	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)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.172 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5736e',
    500: '#b83038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83038;
$custom-light: #d5736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52225,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83038

secondary

#7CC8C4

accent

#E2D946

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83038

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

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