#B54949#B54949

#B54949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.141 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54949
RGB	rgb(181, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 43.86, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 49.35, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1299 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.141 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6432, 15.0728, 8.0190)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54949 #49B5B5

analogous

#B5497F #B54949 #B57F49

triadic

#B54949 #49B549 #4949B5

tetradic

#B54949 #7FB549 #49B5B5 #7F49B5

square

#B54949 #7FB549 #49B5B5 #7F49B5

split-complementary

#B54949 #49B57F #497FB5

monochromatic

#5E2626 #893737 #B54949 #C77474 #D9A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B54949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B54949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54949

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54949	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.141 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1807b',
    500: '#b54949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54949;
$custom-light: #d1807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54905,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54949

secondary

#94C5C5

accent

#D2D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54949

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

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