#B83839#B83839

#B83839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.165 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83839
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 57)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 51.30, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 59.01, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1499 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.165 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9222, 13.3173, 5.2863)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83839 #38B8B7

analogous

#B83879 #B83839 #B87738

triadic

#B83839 #39B838 #3839B8

tetradic

#B83839 #79B838 #38B8B7 #7738B8

square

#B83839 #79B838 #38B8B7 #7738B8

split-complementary

#B83839 #38B877 #3879B8

monochromatic

#5A1B1C #892A2A #B83839 #CE5F60 #DD8E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B83839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B83839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83839

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83839	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.165 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5776f',
    500: '#b83839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83839;
$custom-light: #d5776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53045,
    "c": 0.16454,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83839

secondary

#85C7C7

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83839

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

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