#B93638#B93638

#B93638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.168 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93638
RGB	rgb(185, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 52.35, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 60.17, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.1529 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.168 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0430, 13.2414, 5.1358)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93638 #36B9B7

analogous

#B9367A #B93638 #B97636

triadic

#B93638 #38B936 #3638B9

tetradic

#B93638 #7AB936 #36B9B7 #7636B9

square

#B93638 #7AB936 #36B9B7 #7636B9

split-complementary

#B93638 #36B976 #367AB9

monochromatic

#5A1A1B #8A282A #B93638 #D05D5E #DD8C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B93638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B93638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93638

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93638	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.168 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6766e',
    500: '#b93638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93638;
$custom-light: #d6766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5299,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93638

secondary

#83C8C7

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93638

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

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