#B83240#B83240

#B83240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.170 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83240
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 53.95, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 59.07, 24.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1598 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.17 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8355, 12.8449, 6.1790)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83240 #32B8AA

analogous

#B83283 #B83240 #B86732

triadic

#B83240 #40B832 #3240B8

tetradic

#B83240 #83B832 #32B8AA #6732B8

square

#B83240 #83B832 #32B8AA #6732B8

split-complementary

#B83240 #32B867 #3283B8

monochromatic

#58181F #88252F #B83240 #D15663 #DE868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B83240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B83240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83240

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83240	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.170 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57474',
    500: '#b83240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83240;
$custom-light: #d57474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.731,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52553,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83240

secondary

#7EC8C0

accent

#E1D147

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83240

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

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