#B83C3E#B83C3E

#B83C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.160 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C3E
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 49.96, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 56.79, 28.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.1467 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.16 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2548, 13.7730, 6.0431)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C3E #3CB8B6

analogous

#B83C7C #B83C3E #B8783C

triadic

#B83C3E #3EB83C #3C3EB8

tetradic

#B83C3E #7CB83C #3CB8B6 #783CB8

square

#B83C3E #7CB83C #3CB8B6 #783CB8

split-complementary

#B83C3E #3CB878 #3C7CB8

monochromatic

#5C1E1F #8A2D2E #B83C3E #CD6566 #DC9394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B83C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B83C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C3E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C3E	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.160 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47973',
    500: '#b83c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c3e;
$custom-light: #d47973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.032,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5357,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C3E

secondary

#89C7C6

accent

#DAD84D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C3E

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

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