#B93539#B93539

#B93539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.168 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93539
RGB	rgb(185, 53, 57)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 52.78, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 60.19, 28.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1545 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.168 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0216, 13.1592, 5.2505)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93539 #35B9B5

analogous

#B9357B #B93539 #B97335

triadic

#B93539 #39B935 #3539B9

tetradic

#B93539 #7BB935 #35B9B5 #7335B9

square

#B93539 #7BB935 #35B9B5 #7335B9

split-complementary

#B93539 #35B973 #357BB9

monochromatic

#5A1A1C #89272A #B93539 #D05B5F #DE8B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B93539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B93539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93539

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93539	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 53, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.168 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6756f',
    500: '#b93539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93539;
$custom-light: #d6756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52903,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93539

secondary

#82C8C6

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93539

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

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