#B83C40#B83C40

#B83C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.160 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C40
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 50.08, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 56.35, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1475 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.16 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3107, 13.7954, 6.3375)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C40 #3CB8B4

analogous

#B83C7E #B83C40 #B8763C

triadic

#B83C40 #40B83C #3C40B8

tetradic

#B83C40 #7EB83C #3CB8B4 #763CB8

square

#B83C40 #7EB83C #3CB8B4 #763CB8

split-complementary

#B83C40 #3CB876 #3C7EB8

monochromatic

#5C1E20 #8A2D30 #B83C40 #CD6568 #DC9395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B83C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B83C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C40

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C40	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.160 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47974',
    500: '#b83c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c40;
$custom-light: #d47974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53604,
    "c": 0.15974,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C40

secondary

#89C7C5

accent

#DAD64D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C40

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

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