#B93234#B93234

#B93234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.172 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93234
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 53.63, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 62.13, 30.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1562 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.172 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7705, 12.8467, 4.5815)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93234 #32B9B7

analogous

#B93277 #B93234 #B97332

triadic

#B93234 #34B932 #3234B9

tetradic

#B93234 #77B932 #32B9B7 #7332B9

square

#B93234 #77B932 #32B9B7 #7332B9

split-complementary

#B93234 #32B973 #3277B9

monochromatic

#591819 #892526 #B93234 #D25759 #DF8788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B93234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B93234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93234

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93234	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.172 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746b',
    500: '#b93234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93234;
$custom-light: #d6746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52529,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93234

secondary

#7FC8C7

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93234

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

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