#B83C42#B83C42

#B83C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.160 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C42
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 50.20, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 55.93, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% 0.1483 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.16 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3686, 13.8186, 6.6426)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C42 #3CB8B2

analogous

#B83C80 #B83C42 #B8743C

triadic

#B83C42 #42B83C #3C42B8

tetradic

#B83C42 #80B83C #3CB8B2 #743CB8

square

#B83C42 #80B83C #3CB8B2 #743CB8

split-complementary

#B83C42 #3CB874 #3C80B8

monochromatic

#5C1E21 #8A2D31 #B83C42 #CD656A #DC9396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B83C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B83C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C42

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C42	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.160 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47976',
    500: '#b83c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c42;
$custom-light: #d47976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5364,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C42

secondary

#89C7C4

accent

#DAD34D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C42

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

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