#B83827#B83827

#B83827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.167 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83827
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 50.51, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 63.95, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.1437 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.167 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5500, 13.1684, 3.3261)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83827 #27A7B8

analogous

#B8275F #B83827 #B88027

triadic

#B83827 #27B838 #3827B8

tetradic

#B83827 #5FB827 #27A7B8 #8027B8

square

#B83827 #5FB827 #27A7B8 #8027B8

split-complementary

#B83827 #27B880 #275FB8

monochromatic

#531912 #86291C #B83827 #D85645 #E28477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B83827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B83827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83827

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83827	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.167 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67662',
    500: '#b83827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83827;
$custom-light: #d67662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.034,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52809,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83827

secondary

#71BFCA

accent

#D4E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83827

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

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