#B83A35#B83A35

#B83A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.163 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83A35
RGB	rgb(184, 58, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 50.30, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 59.52, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1459 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.163 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9252, 13.4767, 4.8142)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83A35 #35B3B8

analogous

#B83572 #B83A35 #B87C35

triadic

#B83A35 #35B83A #3A35B8

tetradic

#B83A35 #72B835 #35B3B8 #7C35B8

square

#B83A35 #72B835 #35B3B8 #7C35B8

split-complementary

#B83A35 #35B87C #3572B8

monochromatic

#591C1A #882B27 #B83A35 #D05F5B #DD8D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B83A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B83A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83A35

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83A35	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA143A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 58, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.163 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5786c',
    500: '#b83a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83a35;
$custom-light: #d5786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.29,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53203,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83A35

secondary

#81C5C7

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83A35

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

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