#B8393B#B8393B

#B8393B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.163 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8393B
RGB	rgb(184, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 51.01, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 58.28, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1495 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.163 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0220, 13.4356, 5.5705)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8393B #39B8B6

analogous

#B8397B #B8393B #B87639

triadic

#B8393B #3BB839 #393BB8

tetradic

#B8393B #7BB839 #39B8B6 #7639B8

square

#B8393B #7BB839 #39B8B6 #7639B8

split-complementary

#B8393B #39B876 #397BB8

monochromatic

#5B1C1D #892B2C #B8393B #CE6062 #DC8F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B8393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B8393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8393B

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8393B	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C553A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA143B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.163 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57771',
    500: '#b8393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8393b;
$custom-light: #d57771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53186,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8393B

secondary

#86C7C6

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8393B

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

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