#B83238#B83238

#B83238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.170 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83238
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, 53.51, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 60.75, 28.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.1568 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.17 23)
XYZ	xyz(21.6240, 12.7603, 5.0650)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83238 #32B8B2

analogous

#B8327B #B83238 #B86F32

triadic

#B83238 #38B832 #3238B8

tetradic

#B83238 #7BB832 #32B8B2 #6F32B8

square

#B83238 #7BB832 #32B8B2 #6F32B8

split-complementary

#B83238 #32B86F #327BB8

monochromatic

#58181B #882529 #B83238 #D1565C #DE868A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#B83238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B83238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83238

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83238	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.170 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5746e',
    500: '#b83238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83238;
$custom-light: #d5746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.313,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52415,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.12757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83238

secondary

#7EC8C5

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83238

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

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