#B83542#B83542

#B83542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.167 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83542
RGB	rgb(184, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 52.96, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 57.90, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1571 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.167 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0259, 13.1331, 6.5283)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83542 #35B8AB

analogous

#B83584 #B83542 #B86A35

triadic

#B83542 #42B835 #3542B8

tetradic

#B83542 #84B835 #35B8AB #6A35B8

square

#B83542 #84B835 #35B8AB #6A35B8

split-complementary

#B83542 #35B86A #3584B8

monochromatic

#591A20 #882731 #B83542 #D05B66 #DD8A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B83542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B83542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83542

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83542	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.167 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47576',
    500: '#b83542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83542;
$custom-light: #d47576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.046,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52887,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83542

secondary

#81C7C0

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83542

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

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