#B83C38#B83C38

#B83C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.161 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C38
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 49.63, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 58.23, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1445 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.161 26)
XYZ	xyz(22.0992, 13.7108, 5.2234)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C38 #38B4B8

analogous

#B83874 #B83C38 #B87C38

triadic

#B83C38 #38B83C #3C38B8

tetradic

#B83C38 #74B838 #38B4B8 #7C38B8

square

#B83C38 #74B838 #38B4B8 #7C38B8

split-complementary

#B83C38 #38B87C #3874B8

monochromatic

#5A1D1B #892D2A #B83C38 #CE625F #DD908E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B83C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B83C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C38

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C38	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)

#5E5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.161 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5796f',
    500: '#b83c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c38;
$custom-light: #d5796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53473,
    "c": 0.16073,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.13708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C38

secondary

#85C5C7

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C38

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

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