#9B4B59#9B4B59

#9B4B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.107 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4B59
RGB	rgb(155, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 34.78, 7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 35.59, 12.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1055 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.107 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8379, 12.7238, 10.9658)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4B59 #4B9B8D

analogous

#9B4B81 #9B4B59 #9B654B

triadic

#9B4B59 #599B4B #4B599B

tetradic

#9B4B59 #819B4B #4B9B8D #654B9B

square

#9B4B59 #819B4B #4B9B8D #654B9B

split-complementary

#9B4B59 #4B9B65 #4B819B

monochromatic

#49232A #723741 #9B4B59 #B86C79 #CC959E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#9B4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#9B4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4B59

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4B59	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.107 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8087',
    500: '#9b4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4b59;
$custom-light: #bc8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 34.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4B59

secondary

#8AB8B0

accent

#CBB85D

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F7EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#120A0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4B59

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

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