#B93238#B93238

#B93238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.171 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93238
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 53.83, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 61.16, 28.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1576 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.171 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8644, 12.8843, 5.0763)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93238 #32B9B3

analogous

#B9327B #B93238 #B96F32

triadic

#B93238 #38B932 #3238B9

tetradic

#B93238 #7BB932 #32B9B3 #6F32B9

square

#B93238 #7BB932 #32B9B3 #6F32B9

split-complementary

#B93238 #32B96F #327BB9

monochromatic

#59181B #892529 #B93238 #D2575C #DF878B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B93238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B93238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93238

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93238	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.171 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746e',
    500: '#b93238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93238;
$custom-light: #d6746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5259,
    "c": 0.17137,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93238

secondary

#7FC8C5

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93238

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

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