#B83230#B83230

#B83230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.171 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83230
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 53.14, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 62.75, 32.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1538 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.171 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4437, 12.6882, 4.1157)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83230 #30B6B8

analogous

#B83072 #B83230 #B87630

triadic

#B83230 #30B832 #3230B8

tetradic

#B83230 #72B830 #30B6B8 #7630B8

square

#B83230 #72B830 #30B6B8 #7630B8

split-complementary

#B83230 #30B876 #3072B8

monochromatic

#571817 #872523 #B83230 #D25553 #DF8584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#B83230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B83230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83230

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83230	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.171 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67469',
    500: '#b83230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83230;
$custom-light: #d67469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52298,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83230

secondary

#7CC7C8

accent

#E0E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83230

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

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