#B83829#B83829

#B83829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.167 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83829
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 50.58, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 63.36, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1444 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.167 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5840, 13.1820, 3.5053)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83829 #29A9B8

analogous

#B82961 #B83829 #B88029

triadic

#B83829 #29B838 #3829B8

tetradic

#B83829 #61B829 #29A9B8 #8029B8

square

#B83829 #61B829 #29A9B8 #8029B8

split-complementary

#B83829 #29B880 #2961B8

monochromatic

#541A13 #86291E #B83829 #D65748 #E1857A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B83829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B83829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83829

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83829	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)

#5D5426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.167 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67664',
    500: '#b83829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83829;
$custom-light: #d67664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.294,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5283,
    "c": 0.16697,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83829

secondary

#73C0C9

accent

#D5E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83829

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

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