#B93138#B93138

#B93138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.172 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93138
RGB	rgb(185, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 54.18, 28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 61.40, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1588 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.172 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8221, 12.7997, 5.0622)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93138 #31B9B2

analogous

#B9317C #B93138 #B96E31

triadic

#B93138 #38B931 #3138B9

tetradic

#B93138 #7CB931 #31B9B2 #6E31B9

square

#B93138 #7CB931 #31B9B2 #6E31B9

split-complementary

#B93138 #31B96E #317CB9

monochromatic

#58171B #892429 #B93138 #D2555C #DF868A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#B93138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B93138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93138

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93138	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.172 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746e',
    500: '#b93138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93138;
$custom-light: #d6746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52494,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93138

secondary

#7DC8C5

accent

#E1D946

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93138

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

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