#B83E2B#B83E2B

#B83E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.161 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83E2B
RGB	rgb(184, 62, 43)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 48.20, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 61.40, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1373 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.161 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9283, 13.8132, 3.7966)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83E2B #2BA5B8

analogous

#B82B5F #B83E2B #B8852B

triadic

#B83E2B #2BB83E #3E2BB8

tetradic

#B83E2B #5FB82B #2BA5B8 #852BB8

square

#B83E2B #5FB82B #2BA5B8 #852BB8

split-complementary

#B83E2B #2BB885 #2B5FB8

monochromatic

#551D14 #862D1F #B83E2B #D55E4B #E18A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B83E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B83E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83E2B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83E2B	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)

#615728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 62, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.161 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a65',
    500: '#b83e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83e2b;
$custom-light: #d67a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53533,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83E2B

secondary

#76BEC9

accent

#CFE543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83E2B

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

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