#B83838#B83838

#B83838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.165 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83838
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 51.25, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 59.26, 30.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1496 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.165 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8975, 13.3074, 5.1562)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83838 #38B8B8

analogous

#B83878 #B83838 #B87838

triadic

#B83838 #38B838 #3838B8

tetradic

#B83838 #78B838 #38B8B8 #7838B8

square

#B83838 #78B838 #38B8B8 #7838B8

split-complementary

#B83838 #38B878 #3878B8

monochromatic

#5A1B1B #892A2A #B83838 #CE5F5F #DD8E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B83838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B83838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83838

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83838	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)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.165 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5776f',
    500: '#b83838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83838;
$custom-light: #d5776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5303,
    "c": 0.16467,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83838

secondary

#85C7C7

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83838

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

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