#B83A2E#B83A2E

#B83A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.164 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83A2E
RGB	rgb(184, 58, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 49.98, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 61.45, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1435 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.164 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7758, 13.4169, 4.0273)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83A2E #2EACB8

analogous

#B82E67 #B83A2E #B87F2E

triadic

#B83A2E #2EB83A #3A2EB8

tetradic

#B83A2E #67B82E #2EACB8 #7F2EB8

square

#B83A2E #67B82E #2EACB8 #7F2EB8

split-complementary

#B83A2E #2EB87F #2E67B8

monochromatic

#561B16 #872B22 #B83A2E #D35B50 #DF8981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B83A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B83A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83A2E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83A2E	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)

#5E552C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 58, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.164 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67867',
    500: '#b83a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83a2e;
$custom-light: #d67867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53109,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83A2E

secondary

#79C2C8

accent

#D5E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83A2E

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

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