#B93838#B93838

#B93838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.166 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93838
RGB	rgb(185, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 51.57, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 59.67, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1505 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.166 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1380, 13.4314, 5.1674)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93838 #38B9B9

analogous

#B93879 #B93838 #B97938

triadic

#B93838 #38B938 #3838B9

tetradic

#B93838 #79B938 #38B9B9 #7938B9

square

#B93838 #79B938 #38B9B9 #7938B9

split-complementary

#B93838 #38B979 #3879B9

monochromatic

#5B1C1C #8A2A2A #B93838 #CF5F5F #DD8E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B93838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B93838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93838

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93838	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.166 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6776f',
    500: '#b93838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93838;
$custom-light: #d6776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.532,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93838

secondary

#85C8C8

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93838

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

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