#B83836#B83836

#B83836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.165 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83836
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 51.15, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 59.76, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1488 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.165 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8496, 13.2882, 4.9037)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83836 #36B6B8

analogous

#B83675 #B83836 #B87936

triadic

#B83836 #36B838 #3836B8

tetradic

#B83836 #75B836 #36B6B8 #7936B8

square

#B83836 #75B836 #36B6B8 #7936B8

split-complementary

#B83836 #36B879 #3675B8

monochromatic

#591B1A #892A28 #B83836 #CF5E5C #DD8D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B83836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B83836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83836

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83836	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.165 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5776d',
    500: '#b83836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83836;
$custom-light: #d5776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52999,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83836

secondary

#82C6C7

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83836

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

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