#B93237#B93237

#B93237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.171 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93237
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 53.78, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 61.39, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1573 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.171 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8402, 12.8746, 4.9487)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93237 #32B9B4

analogous

#B9327A #B93237 #B97032

triadic

#B93237 #37B932 #3237B9

tetradic

#B93237 #7AB932 #32B9B4 #7032B9

square

#B93237 #7AB932 #32B9B4 #7032B9

split-complementary

#B93237 #32B970 #327AB9

monochromatic

#59181A #892529 #B93237 #D2575B #DF878A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B93237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B93237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93237

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93237	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)

#595236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.171 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746e',
    500: '#b93237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93237;
$custom-light: #d6746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52574,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93237

secondary

#7FC8C6

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93237

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

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