#B83231#B83231

#B83231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.171 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B83231
RGBrgb(184, 50, 49)
HSLhsl(0, 58%, 46%)
HSVhsv(0, 73%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 72.8%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.30, 53.18, 32.81)
CIE-LCHlch(42.30, 62.49, 31.67°)
OKLaboklab(52.31% 0.1542 0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(52.31% 0.171 25.7)
XYZxyz(21.4646, 12.6966, 4.2256)
Luminance0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B83231 #31B7B8
analogous
#B83174 #B83231 #B87531
triadic
#B83231 #31B832 #3231B8
tetradic
#B83231 #74B831 #31B7B8 #7531B8
square
#B83231 #74B831 #31B7B8 #7531B8
split-complementary
#B83231 #31B875 #3174B8
monochromatic
#571817 #882524 #B83231 #D25655 #DE8685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93
#B83231 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54
#B83231 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83231
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B83231#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B832311.005.933.545.93
#FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00
#0000003.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#59512F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B6E2C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA0033
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b83231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.171 25.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67469',
    500: '#b83231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b83231;
$custom-light: #d67469;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b83231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52312,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B83231
secondary
#7DC7C8
accent
#E0E147
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FCEDEB
border
#D5C8C6
text
#160906
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

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#B83231 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva