#B93228#B93228

#B93228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.173 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B93228
RGBrgb(185, 50, 40)
HSLhsl(4, 64%, 44%)
HSVhsv(4, 78%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 73%, 78.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(42.39, 53.14, 38.09)
CIE-LCHlch(42.39, 65.39, 35.63°)
OKLaboklab(52.38% 0.1521 0.0834)
OKLCHoklch(52.38% 0.173 28.7)
XYZxyz(21.5337, 12.7520, 3.3346)
Luminance0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B93228 #28AFB9
analogous
#B92867 #B93228 #B97B28
triadic
#B93228 #28B932 #3228B9
tetradic
#B93228 #67B928 #28AFB9 #7B28B9
square
#B93228 #67B928 #28AFB9 #7B28B9
split-complementary
#B93228 #28B97B #2867B9
monochromatic
#541712 #87241D #B93228 #D75147 #E28179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92
#B93228 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55
#B93228 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93228
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B93228#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B932281.005.923.555.92
#FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A5125
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C6F22
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC0031
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b93228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.173 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77463',
    500: '#b93228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b93228;
$custom-light: #d77463;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b93228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52376,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B93228
secondary
#73C4CA
accent
#DCE740
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FDEDEA
border
#D5C8C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

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#B93228 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva