#B93438#B93438

#B93438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.170 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93438
RGB	rgb(185, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 53.10, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 60.67, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1553 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.17 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9518, 13.0591, 5.1054)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93438 #34B9B5

analogous

#B9347B #B93438 #B97234

triadic

#B93438 #38B934 #3438B9

tetradic

#B93438 #7BB934 #34B9B5 #7234B9

square

#B93438 #7BB934 #34B9B5 #7234B9

split-complementary

#B93438 #34B972 #347BB9

monochromatic

#59191B #89272A #B93438 #D15A5D #DE898C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B93438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B93438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93438

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93438	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.170 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6756e',
    500: '#b93438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93438;
$custom-light: #d6756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.195,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52787,
    "c": 0.16952,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93438

secondary

#81C8C6

accent

#DFDB48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93438

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

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