#B93235#B93235

#B93235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.172 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93235
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 53.68, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 61.88, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1565 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.172 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7932, 12.8558, 4.7014)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93235 #32B9B6

analogous

#B93278 #B93235 #B97232

triadic

#B93235 #35B932 #3235B9

tetradic

#B93235 #78B932 #32B9B6 #7232B9

square

#B93235 #78B932 #32B9B6 #7232B9

split-complementary

#B93235 #32B972 #3278B9

monochromatic

#591819 #892527 #B93235 #D25759 #DF8789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B93235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B93235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93235

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93235	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)

#595234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.172 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746c',
    500: '#b93235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93235;
$custom-light: #d6746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52544,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93235

secondary

#7FC8C7

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93235

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

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