#B83234#B83234

#B83234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.171 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83234
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 53.32, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 61.72, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1553 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.171 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5300, 12.7227, 4.5702)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83234 #32B8B6

analogous

#B83277 #B83234 #B87332

triadic

#B83234 #34B832 #3234B8

tetradic

#B83234 #77B832 #32B8B6 #7332B8

square

#B83234 #77B832 #32B8B6 #7332B8

split-complementary

#B83234 #32B873 #3277B8

monochromatic

#581819 #882526 #B83234 #D15658 #DE8688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B83234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B83234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83234

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83234	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.171 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5746b',
    500: '#b83234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83234;
$custom-light: #d5746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52354,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83234

secondary

#7EC8C7

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83234

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

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