#B83527#B83527

#B83527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.170 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83527
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 51.67, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 64.61, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1474 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.17 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4090, 12.8863, 3.2791)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83527 #27AAB8

analogous

#B82761 #B83527 #B87D27

triadic

#B83527 #27B835 #3527B8

tetradic

#B83527 #61B827 #27AAB8 #7D27B8

square

#B83527 #61B827 #27AAB8 #7D27B8

split-complementary

#B83527 #27B87D #2761B8

monochromatic

#531812 #86261C #B83527 #D85345 #E28277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B83527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B83527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83527

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83527	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.170 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67562',
    500: '#b83527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83527;
$custom-light: #d67562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.793,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52491,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83527

secondary

#71C1CA

accent

#D8E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83527

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

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