#B93738#B93738

#B93738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.167 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93738
RGB	rgb(185, 55, 56)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 51.96, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 59.92, 29.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1517 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.167 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0900, 13.3354, 5.1514)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93738 #37B9B8

analogous

#B93779 #B93738 #B97737

triadic

#B93738 #38B937 #3738B9

tetradic

#B93738 #79B937 #37B9B8 #7737B9

square

#B93738 #79B937 #37B9B8 #7737B9

split-complementary

#B93738 #37B977 #3779B9

monochromatic

#5B1B1B #8A292A #B93738 #CF5E5F #DD8D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B93738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B93738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93738

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93738	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 55, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.167 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6766e',
    500: '#b93738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93738;
$custom-light: #d6766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53094,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93738

secondary

#84C8C7

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93738

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

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