#B83A2D#B83A2D

#B83A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.164 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83A2D
RGB	rgb(184, 58, 45)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, 49.94, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 61.74, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1432 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.164 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7563, 13.4091, 3.9247)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83A2D #2DABB8

analogous

#B82D65 #B83A2D #B8802D

triadic

#B83A2D #2DB83A #3A2DB8

tetradic

#B83A2D #65B82D #2DABB8 #802DB8

square

#B83A2D #65B82D #2DABB8 #802DB8

split-complementary

#B83A2D #2DB880 #2D65B8

monochromatic

#561B15 #872B21 #B83A2D #D45B4E #E08980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B83A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B83A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83A2D

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83A2D	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 58, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.164 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67867',
    500: '#b83a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83a2d;
$custom-light: #d67867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53097,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83A2D

secondary

#78C1C9

accent

#D5E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83A2D

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

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