#B83136#B83136

#B83136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.171 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83136
RGB	rgb(184, 49, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 53.77, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 61.46, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1571 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.171 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5337, 12.6566, 4.7984)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83136 #31B8B3

analogous

#B83179 #B83136 #B86F31

triadic

#B83136 #36B831 #3136B8

tetradic

#B83136 #79B831 #31B8B3 #6F31B8

square

#B83136 #79B831 #31B8B3 #6F31B8

split-complementary

#B83136 #31B86F #3179B8

monochromatic

#57171A #882428 #B83136 #D25559 #DE8588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#B83136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#B83136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83136

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83136	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 49, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.171 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5736d',
    500: '#b83136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83136;
$custom-light: #d5736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52288,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83136

secondary

#7DC8C5

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83136

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

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