#B83E38#B83E38

#B83E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.159 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83E38
RGB	rgb(184, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 48.79, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 57.72, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1418 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.159 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2059, 13.9243, 5.2590)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83E38 #38B2B8

analogous

#B83872 #B83E38 #B87E38

triadic

#B83E38 #38B83E #3E38B8

tetradic

#B83E38 #72B838 #38B2B8 #7E38B8

square

#B83E38 #72B838 #38B2B8 #7E38B8

split-complementary

#B83E38 #38B87E #3872B8

monochromatic

#5A1E1B #892E2A #B83E38 #CE645F #DD928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B83E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B83E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83E38

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83E38	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA1E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.159 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57a6f',
    500: '#b83e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83e38;
$custom-light: #d57a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53704,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83E38

secondary

#85C4C7

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83E38

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

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