#B83736#B83736

#B83736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.166 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83736
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 51.54, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 60.00, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1501 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.166 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8016, 13.1923, 4.8877)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83736 #36B7B8

analogous

#B83676 #B83736 #B87836

triadic

#B83736 #36B837 #3736B8

tetradic

#B83736 #76B836 #36B7B8 #7836B8

square

#B83736 #76B836 #36B7B8 #7836B8

split-complementary

#B83736 #36B878 #3676B8

monochromatic

#591B1A #892928 #B83736 #CF5D5C #DD8C8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B83736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B83736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83736

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83736	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.166 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5766d',
    500: '#b83736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83736;
$custom-light: #d5766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52892,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83736

secondary

#82C7C7

accent

#DDDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83736

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

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