#B83F42#B83F42

#B83F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.156 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B83F42
RGB	rgb(184, 63, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 48.94, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 55.08, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1443 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.156 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5303, 14.1418, 6.6965)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B83F42 #3FB8B5

analogous

#B83F7E #B83F42 #B8783F

triadic

#B83F42 #42B83F #3F42B8

tetradic

#B83F42 #7EB83F #3FB8B5 #783FB8

square

#B83F42 #7EB83F #3FB8B5 #783FB8

split-complementary

#B83F42 #3FB878 #3F7EB8

monochromatic

#5D2021 #8A2F32 #B83F42 #CC696B #DB9698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B83F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B83F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B83F42

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B83F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B83F42	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b83f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 63, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.156 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47b76',
    500: '#b83f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b83f42;
$custom-light: #d47b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b83f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.512,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53987,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B83F42

secondary

#8CC7C5

accent

#D9D54F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B83F42

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

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