#B83E42#B83E42

#B83E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.157 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83E42
RGB	rgb(184, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 49.37, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 55.36, 26.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1457 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.157 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4754, 14.0321, 6.6782)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83E42 #3EB8B4

analogous

#B83E7F #B83E42 #B8773E

triadic

#B83E42 #42B83E #3E42B8

tetradic

#B83E42 #7FB83E #3EB8B4 #773EB8

square

#B83E42 #7FB83E #3EB8B4 #773EB8

split-complementary

#B83E42 #3EB877 #3E7FB8

monochromatic

#5C1F21 #8A2F32 #B83E42 #CC676B #DB9597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B83E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B83E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83E42

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83E42	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.157 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47a76',
    500: '#b83e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83e42;
$custom-light: #d47a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.033,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5387,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83E42

secondary

#8BC7C5

accent

#D9D54F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83E42

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

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