#B83C2E#B83C2E

#B83C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.162 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C2E
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 49.16, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 60.98, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1409 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.162 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8786, 13.6225, 4.0616)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C2E #2EAAB8

analogous

#B82E65 #B83C2E #B8812E

triadic

#B83C2E #2EB83C #3C2EB8

tetradic

#B83C2E #65B82E #2EAAB8 #812EB8

square

#B83C2E #65B82E #2EAAB8 #812EB8

split-complementary

#B83C2E #2EB881 #2E65B8

monochromatic

#561C16 #872C22 #B83C2E #D35D50 #DF8B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B83C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B83C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C2E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C2E	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)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA173A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.162 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57967',
    500: '#b83c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c2e;
$custom-light: #d57967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53335,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C2E

secondary

#79C0C8

accent

#D3E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C2E

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

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