#B83936#B83936

#B83936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.164 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83936
RGB	rgb(184, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 50.75, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 59.51, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1476 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.164 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8985, 13.3862, 4.9200)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83936 #36B5B8

analogous

#B83674 #B83936 #B87A36

triadic

#B83936 #36B839 #3936B8

tetradic

#B83936 #74B836 #36B5B8 #7A36B8

square

#B83936 #74B836 #36B5B8 #7A36B8

split-complementary

#B83936 #36B87A #3674B8

monochromatic

#591C1A #892A28 #B83936 #CF5F5C #DD8D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B83936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B83936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83936

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83936	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA123A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.164 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5776d',
    500: '#b83936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83936;
$custom-light: #d5776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53108,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83936

secondary

#82C6C7

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83936

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

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