#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
RGB	rgb(184, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 54.07, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 58.71, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1606 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.17 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8934, 12.8681, 6.4842)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##B83242	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)

#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

Preview with #B83242

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

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