#B93236#B93236

#B93236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.172 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93236
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 53.73, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 61.63, 29.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1569 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.172 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8165, 12.8651, 4.8238)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93236 #32B9B5

analogous

#B93279 #B93236 #B97132

triadic

#B93236 #36B932 #3236B9

tetradic

#B93236 #79B932 #32B9B5 #7132B9

square

#B93236 #79B932 #32B9B5 #7132B9

split-complementary

#B93236 #32B971 #3279B9

monochromatic

#59181A #892528 #B93236 #D2575A #DF8789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B93236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B93236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93236

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93236	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)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.172 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746d',
    500: '#b93236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93236;
$custom-light: #d6746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.222,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52559,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93236

secondary

#7FC8C6

accent

#E1DC47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93236

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

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