#B93239#B93239

#B93239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.171 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93239
RGB	rgb(185, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 53.88, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 60.93, 27.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% 0.158 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.171 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8891, 12.8942, 5.2063)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93239 #32B9B2

analogous

#B9327C #B93239 #B96E32

triadic

#B93239 #39B932 #3239B9

tetradic

#B93239 #7CB932 #32B9B2 #6E32B9

square

#B93239 #7CB932 #32B9B2 #6E32B9

split-complementary

#B93239 #32B96E #327CB9

monochromatic

#59181B #89252A #B93239 #D2575D #DF878B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B93239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B93239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93239

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93239	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)

#595238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.171 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6746f',
    500: '#b93239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93239;
$custom-light: #d6746f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52606,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93239

secondary

#7FC8C4

accent

#E1D947

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93239

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

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