#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
RGBrgb(185, 56, 56)
HSLhsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(43.41, 51.57, 30.01)
CIE-LCHlch(43.41, 59.67, 30.20°)
OKLaboklab(53.2% 0.1505 0.0694)
OKLCHoklch(53.2% 0.166 24.8)
XYZxyz(22.1380, 13.4314, 5.1674)
Luminance0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B938381.005.703.695.70
#FFFFFF5.701.0021.001.00
#0000003.6921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.701.0021.001.00

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

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#B93838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva