#B83242#B83242

#B83242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.170 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B83242
RGBrgb(184, 50, 66)
HSLhsl(353, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(353, 73%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 72.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.56, 54.07, 22.87)
CIE-LCHlch(42.56, 58.71, 22.93°)
OKLaboklab(52.59% 0.1606 0.0548)
OKLCHoklch(52.59% 0.17 18.8)
XYZxyz(21.8934, 12.8681, 6.4842)
Luminance0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B83242 #32B8A8
analogous
#B83285 #B83242 #B86532
triadic
#B83242 #42B832 #3242B8
tetradic
#B83242 #85B832 #32B8A8 #6532B8
square
#B83242 #85B832 #32B8A8 #6532B8
split-complementary
#B83242 #32B865 #3285B8
monochromatic
#58181F #882531 #B83242 #D15665 #DE8691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88
#B83242 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57
#B83242 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83242
5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B83242#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B832421.005.883.575.88
#FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#575242
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#796F3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA0039
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b83242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.170 18.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57476',
    500: '#b83242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b83242;
$custom-light: #d57476;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b83242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.836,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5259,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B83242
secondary
#7EC8BF
accent
#E1CE47
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FCEDED
border
#D5C8C8
text
#160908
muted
#847B7B

Preview Lab

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#B83242 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva