#B9383B#B9383B

#B9383B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.165 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9383B
RGB	rgb(185, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 51.73, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 58.96, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1516 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.165 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2135, 13.4616, 5.5655)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9383B #38B9B6

analogous

#B9387B #B9383B #B97638

triadic

#B9383B #3BB938 #383BB9

tetradic

#B9383B #7BB938 #38B9B6 #7638B9

square

#B9383B #7BB938 #38B9B6 #7638B9

split-complementary

#B9383B #38B976 #387BB9

monochromatic

#5B1C1D #8A2A2C #B9383B #CF5F62 #DD8E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B9383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B9383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9383B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9383B	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C553A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.165 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67771',
    500: '#b9383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9383b;
$custom-light: #d67771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53248,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9383B

secondary

#85C8C6

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9383B

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

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