#B83B42#B83B42

#B83B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.161 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83B42
RGB	rgb(184, 59, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 50.61, 24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 56.22, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1496 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.161 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3168, 13.7148, 6.6253)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83B42 #3BB8B1

analogous

#B83B80 #B83B42 #B8723B

triadic

#B83B42 #42B83B #3B42B8

tetradic

#B83B42 #80B83B #3BB8B1 #723BB8

square

#B83B42 #80B83B #3BB8B1 #723BB8

split-complementary

#B83B42 #3BB872 #3B80B8

monochromatic

#5B1D21 #8A2C31 #B83B42 #CD6369 #DC9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B83B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B83B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83B42

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83B42	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 59, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.161 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47876',
    500: '#b83b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83b42;
$custom-light: #d47876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.64,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53528,
    "c": 0.16061,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83B42

secondary

#88C7C3

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83B42

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

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