#B83427#B83427

#B83427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.171 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83427
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 52.05, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 64.83, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1485 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.171 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3639, 12.7961, 3.2640)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83427 #27ABB8

analogous

#B82762 #B83427 #B87C27

triadic

#B83427 #27B834 #3427B8

tetradic

#B83427 #62B827 #27ABB8 #7C27B8

square

#B83427 #62B827 #27ABB8 #7C27B8

split-complementary

#B83427 #27B87C #2762B8

monochromatic

#531712 #86261C #B83427 #D85245 #E28177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#B83427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B83427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83427

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83427	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.171 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67462',
    500: '#b83427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83427;
$custom-light: #d67462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.379,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52388,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83427

secondary

#71C2CA

accent

#D9E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83427

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

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