#B8495C#B8495C

#B8495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.144 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8495C
RGB	rgb(184, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(350, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 50%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 46.48, 12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 48.10, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1405 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.144 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0834, 15.7310, 11.8913)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8495C #49B8A5

analogous

#B84993 #B8495C #B86D49

triadic

#B8495C #5CB849 #495CB8

tetradic

#B8495C #93B849 #49B8A5 #6D49B8

square

#B8495C #93B849 #49B8A5 #6D49B8

split-complementary

#B8495C #49B86D #4993B8

monochromatic

#612630 #8D3746 #B8495C #C97583 #DAA1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B8495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B8495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8495C

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8495C	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62605C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.144 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2818a',
    500: '#b8495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8495c;
$custom-light: #d2818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.73,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55793,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8495C

secondary

#96C7BF

accent

#D4BE54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8495C

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

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