#B83442#B83442

#B83442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.168 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83442
RGB	rgb(184, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 53.34, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 58.17, 23.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1583 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.168 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9808, 13.0429, 6.5133)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83442 #34B8AA

analogous

#B83484 #B83442 #B86834

triadic

#B83442 #42B834 #3442B8

tetradic

#B83442 #84B834 #34B8AA #6834B8

square

#B83442 #84B834 #34B8AA #6834B8

split-complementary

#B83442 #34B868 #3484B8

monochromatic

#591920 #882731 #B83442 #D05966 #DE8992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B83442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B83442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83442

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83442	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA083A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.168 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57576',
    500: '#b83442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83442;
$custom-light: #d57576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.636,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52787,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83442

secondary

#80C8C0

accent

#DFCF49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83442

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

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