#B9383C#B9383C

#B9383C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.165 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9383C
RGB	rgb(185, 56, 60)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 51.79, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 58.73, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.152 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.165 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2397, 13.4721, 5.7034)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9383C #38B9B5

analogous

#B9387C #B9383C #B97538

triadic

#B9383C #3CB938 #383CB9

tetradic

#B9383C #7CB938 #38B9B5 #7538B9

square

#B9383C #7CB938 #38B9B5 #7538B9

split-complementary

#B9383C #38B975 #387CB9

monochromatic

#5B1C1E #8A2A2D #B9383C #CF5F63 #DD8E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B9383C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B9383C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9383C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9383C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9383C	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)

#5C553B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB113B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9383c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 56, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.165 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57771',
    500: '#b9383c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9383c;
$custom-light: #d57771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9383c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53264,
    "c": 0.16526,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9383C

secondary

#85C8C6

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9383C

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

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