#B83C48#B83C48

#B83C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.159 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83C48
RGB	rgb(184, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 50.59, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 54.84, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1507 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.159 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5549, 13.8931, 7.6236)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83C48 #3CB8AC

analogous

#B83C86 #B83C48 #B86E3C

triadic

#B83C48 #48B83C #3C48B8

tetradic

#B83C48 #86B83C #3CB8AC #6E3CB8

square

#B83C48 #86B83C #3CB8AC #6E3CB8

split-complementary

#B83C48 #3CB86E #3C86B8

monochromatic

#5C1E24 #8A2D36 #B83C48 #CD656F #DC939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B83C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B83C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83C48

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83C48	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C91F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.159 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4797a',
    500: '#b83c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83c48;
$custom-light: #d4797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53755,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83C48

secondary

#89C7C1

accent

#DACD4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83C48

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

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