#B83E40#B83E40

#B83E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.158 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83E40
RGB	rgb(184, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 49.25, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 55.79, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1449 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.158 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4175, 14.0089, 6.3730)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83E40 #3EB8B6

analogous

#B83E7D #B83E40 #B8793E

triadic

#B83E40 #40B83E #3E40B8

tetradic

#B83E40 #7DB83E #3EB8B6 #793EB8

square

#B83E40 #7DB83E #3EB8B6 #793EB8

split-complementary

#B83E40 #3EB879 #3E7DB8

monochromatic

#5C1F20 #8A2F30 #B83E40 #CC6769 #DB9596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B83E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B83E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83E40

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83E40	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.158 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47a75',
    500: '#b83e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83e40;
$custom-light: #d47a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53835,
    "c": 0.15763,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83E40

secondary

#8BC7C6

accent

#D9D74F

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83E40

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

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