#B83438#B83438

#B83438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.168 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83438
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 52.78, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 60.26, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% 0.1544 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.168 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7113, 12.9351, 5.0941)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83438 #34B8B4

analogous

#B8347A #B83438 #B87234

triadic

#B83438 #38B834 #3438B8

tetradic

#B83438 #7AB834 #34B8B4 #7234B8

square

#B83438 #7AB834 #34B8B4 #7234B8

split-complementary

#B83438 #34B872 #347AB8

monochromatic

#59191B #882729 #B83438 #D0595D #DE898B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B83438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B83438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83438

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83438	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.168 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5756e',
    500: '#b83438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83438;
$custom-light: #d5756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52613,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83438

secondary

#80C8C5

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83438

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

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