#B93537#B93537

#B93537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.169 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93537
RGB	rgb(185, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 52.67, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 60.66, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1538 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.169 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9727, 13.1396, 4.9929)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93537 #35B9B7

analogous

#B93579 #B93537 #B97535

triadic

#B93537 #37B935 #3537B9

tetradic

#B93537 #79B935 #35B9B7 #7535B9

square

#B93537 #79B935 #35B9B7 #7535B9

split-complementary

#B93537 #35B975 #3579B9

monochromatic

#5A1A1B #892729 #B93537 #D05B5D #DE8B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B93537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B93537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93537

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93537	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.169 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6756e',
    500: '#b93537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93537;
$custom-light: #d6756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52872,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93537

secondary

#82C8C7

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93537

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

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