#B83735#B83735

#B83735 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.166 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83735
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 51.49, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 60.26, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1497 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.166 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7783, 13.1830, 4.7653)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83735 #35B6B8

analogous

#B83575 #B83735 #B87935

triadic

#B83735 #35B837 #3735B8

tetradic

#B83735 #75B835 #35B6B8 #7935B8

square

#B83735 #75B835 #35B6B8 #7935B8

split-complementary

#B83735 #35B879 #3575B8

monochromatic

#591B1A #882927 #B83735 #D05C5B #DD8B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B83735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B83735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83735

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83735	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.166 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5766c',
    500: '#b83735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83735;
$custom-light: #d5766c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.916,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52878,
    "c": 0.16602,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83735

secondary

#81C6C7

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83735

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

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