#B83A42#B83A42

#B83A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.162 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83A42
RGB	rgb(184, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, 51.02, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 56.50, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1509 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.162 21)
XYZ	xyz(22.2659, 13.6130, 6.6083)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83A42 #3AB8B0

analogous

#B83A81 #B83A42 #B8713A

triadic

#B83A42 #42B83A #3A42B8

tetradic

#B83A42 #81B83A #3AB8B0 #713AB8

square

#B83A42 #81B83A #3AB8B0 #713AB8

split-complementary

#B83A42 #3AB871 #3A81B8

monochromatic

#5B1D21 #892B31 #B83A42 #CD6269 #DC9095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B83A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B83A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83A42

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83A42	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.162 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47876',
    500: '#b83a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83a42;
$custom-light: #d47876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.19,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.1361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83A42

secondary

#87C7C3

accent

#DCD24C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83A42

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

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