#B83C2C#B83C2C

#B83C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.163 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C2C
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 49.08, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 61.57, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1403 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.163 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8401, 13.6071, 3.8588)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C2C #2CA8B8

analogous

#B82C62 #B83C2C #B8822C

triadic

#B83C2C #2CB83C #3C2CB8

tetradic

#B83C2C #62B82C #2CA8B8 #822CB8

square

#B83C2C #62B82C #2CA8B8 #822CB8

split-complementary

#B83C2C #2CB882 #2C62B8

monochromatic

#551C14 #872C20 #B83C2C #D45C4D #E0897E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B83C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B83C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C2C

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C2C	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)

#5F5629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.163 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67966',
    500: '#b83c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c2c;
$custom-light: #d67966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53311,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C2C

secondary

#77BFC9

accent

#D2E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C2C

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

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