#B83535#B83535

#B83535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.168 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83535
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 53)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 52.26, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 60.75, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1521 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.168 25)
XYZ	xyz(21.6853, 12.9968, 4.7343)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83535 #35B8B8

analogous

#B83577 #B83535 #B87735

triadic

#B83535 #35B835 #3535B8

tetradic

#B83535 #77B835 #35B8B8 #7735B8

square

#B83535 #77B835 #35B8B8 #7735B8

split-complementary

#B83535 #35B877 #3577B8

monochromatic

#591A1A #882727 #B83535 #D05B5B #DD8A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B83535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B83535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83535

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83535	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.168 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5756c',
    500: '#b83535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83535;
$custom-light: #d5756c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52669,
    "c": 0.1679,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.12994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83535

secondary

#81C7C7

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83535

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

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