#B93231#B93231

#B93231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.172 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93231
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 53.50, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 62.90, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1551 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.172 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7050, 12.8206, 4.2369)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93231 #31B8B9

analogous

#B93174 #B93231 #B97631

triadic

#B93231 #31B932 #3231B9

tetradic

#B93231 #74B931 #31B8B9 #7631B9

square

#B93231 #74B931 #31B8B9 #7631B9

split-complementary

#B93231 #31B976 #3174B9

monochromatic

#581817 #892524 #B93231 #D25655 #DF8686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B93231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B93231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93231

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93231	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.172 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67469',
    500: '#b93231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93231;
$custom-light: #d67469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.441,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52487,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93231

secondary

#7DC8C8

accent

#E0E146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93231

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

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