#B83436#B83436

#B83436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.169 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83436
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 52.68, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 60.74, 29.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.1537 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.169 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6634, 12.9159, 4.8416)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83436 #34B8B6

analogous

#B83478 #B83436 #B87434

triadic

#B83436 #36B834 #3436B8

tetradic

#B83436 #78B834 #34B8B6 #7434B8

square

#B83436 #78B834 #34B8B6 #7434B8

split-complementary

#B83436 #34B874 #3478B8

monochromatic

#59191A #882728 #B83436 #D0595B #DE898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B83436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B83436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83436

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83436	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.169 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5756d',
    500: '#b83436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83436;
$custom-light: #d5756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52582,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83436

secondary

#80C8C6

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83436

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

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