#B9383E#B9383E

#B9383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.165 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9383E
RGB	rgb(185, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 51.90, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 58.29, 27.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.1528 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.165 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2936, 13.4937, 5.9871)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9383E #38B9B3

analogous

#B9387F #B9383E #B97238

triadic

#B9383E #3EB938 #383EB9

tetradic

#B9383E #7FB938 #38B9B3 #7238B9

square

#B9383E #7FB938 #38B9B3 #7238B9

split-complementary

#B9383E #38B972 #387FB9

monochromatic

#5B1C1F #8A2A2E #B9383E #CF5F65 #DD8E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B9383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B9383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9383E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9383E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB123B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.165 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57773',
    500: '#b9383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9383e;
$custom-light: #d57773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53298,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9383E

secondary

#85C8C5

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9383E

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

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