#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
RGBrgb(184, 56, 54)
HSLhsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(1, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.6%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(43.19, 51.15, 30.90)
CIE-LCHlch(43.19, 59.76, 31.14°)
OKLaboklab(53% 0.1488 0.0711)
OKLCHoklch(53% 0.165 25.5)
XYZxyz(21.8496, 13.2882, 4.9037)
Luminance0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B838361.005.743.665.74
#FFFFFF5.741.0021.001.00
#0000003.6621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.741.0021.001.00

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

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#B83836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva