#B93835#B93835

#B93835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.166 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93835
RGB	rgb(185, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 51.43, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 60.43, 31.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1494 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.166 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0668, 13.4029, 4.7926)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93835 #35B6B9

analogous

#B93574 #B93835 #B97A35

triadic

#B93835 #35B938 #3835B9

tetradic

#B93835 #74B935 #35B6B9 #7A35B9

square

#B93835 #74B935 #35B6B9 #7A35B9

split-complementary

#B93835 #35B97A #3574B9

monochromatic

#5A1B1A #892A27 #B93835 #D05E5B #DE8D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B93835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B93835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93835

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93835	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.166 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6776c',
    500: '#b93835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93835;
$custom-light: #d6776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53155,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93835

secondary

#82C6C8

accent

#DBDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93835

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

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