#B83335#B83335

#B83335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.170 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83335
RGB	rgb(184, 51, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 53.00, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 61.23, 30.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1545 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.17 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5960, 12.8183, 4.7045)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83335 #33B8B6

analogous

#B83377 #B83335 #B87333

triadic

#B83335 #35B833 #3335B8

tetradic

#B83335 #77B833 #33B8B6 #7333B8

square

#B83335 #77B833 #33B8B6 #7333B8

split-complementary

#B83335 #33B873 #3377B8

monochromatic

#581819 #882627 #B83335 #D15859 #DE8889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B83335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B83335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83335

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83335	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 51, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.170 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5746c',
    500: '#b83335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83335;
$custom-light: #d5746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52467,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83335

secondary

#7FC8C7

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83335

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

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