#B83327#B83327

#B83327 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.172 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83327
RGB	rgb(184, 51, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 52.42, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 65.05, 36.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1497 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.172 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3197, 12.7078, 3.2493)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83327 #27ACB8

analogous

#B82763 #B83327 #B87B27

triadic

#B83327 #27B833 #3327B8

tetradic

#B83327 #63B827 #27ACB8 #7B27B8

square

#B83327 #63B827 #27ACB8 #7B27B8

split-complementary

#B83327 #27B87B #2763B8

monochromatic

#531712 #86251C #B83327 #D85145 #E28077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B83327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B83327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83327

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83327	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)

#5B5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 51, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.172 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67462',
    500: '#b83327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83327;
$custom-light: #d67462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.966,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52288,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83327

secondary

#71C2CA

accent

#DAE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83327

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

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