#B83536#B83536

#B83536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.168 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83536
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 52.30, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 60.50, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1525 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.168 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7085, 13.0061, 4.8567)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83536 #35B8B7

analogous

#B83578 #B83536 #B87635

triadic

#B83536 #36B835 #3536B8

tetradic

#B83536 #78B835 #35B8B7 #7635B8

square

#B83536 #78B835 #35B8B7 #7635B8

split-complementary

#B83536 #35B876 #3578B8

monochromatic

#591A1A #882728 #B83536 #D05B5B #DD8A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#B83536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B83536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83536

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83536	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.168 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5756d',
    500: '#b83536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83536;
$custom-light: #d5756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52684,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83536

secondary

#81C7C7

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83536

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

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