#B93938#B93938

#B93938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.165 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B93938
RGB	rgb(185, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 51.18, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 59.42, 30.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1492 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.165 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1869, 13.5293, 5.1838)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B93938 #38B8B9

analogous

#B93878 #B93938 #B97A38

triadic

#B93938 #38B939 #3938B9

tetradic

#B93938 #78B938 #38B8B9 #7A38B9

square

#B93938 #78B938 #38B8B9 #7A38B9

split-complementary

#B93938 #38B97A #3878B9

monochromatic

#5B1C1C #8A2B2A #B93938 #CF605F #DD8F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B93938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B93938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B93938

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B93938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B93938	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB123A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b93938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.165 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6776f',
    500: '#b93938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b93938;
$custom-light: #d6776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b93938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.465,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53308,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B93938

secondary

#85C7C8

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B93938

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

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