#B83935#B83935

#B83935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.164 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83935
RGB	rgb(184, 57, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 50.70, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 59.77, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1472 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.164 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8753, 13.3769, 4.7976)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83935 #35B4B8

analogous

#B83573 #B83935 #B87B35

triadic

#B83935 #35B839 #3935B8

tetradic

#B83935 #73B835 #35B4B8 #7B35B8

square

#B83935 #73B835 #35B4B8 #7B35B8

split-complementary

#B83935 #35B87B #3573B8

monochromatic

#591C1A #882A27 #B83935 #D05E5B #DD8D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B83935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B83935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83935

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83935	1.00	5.71	3.67	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.164 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5776c',
    500: '#b83935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83935;
$custom-light: #d5776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53093,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83935

secondary

#81C5C7

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83935

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

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