#B9312E#B9312E

#B9312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.173 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9312E
RGB	rgb(185, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 53.73, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 63.92, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1552 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.173 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6015, 12.7115, 3.9004)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9312E #2EB6B9

analogous

#B92E70 #B9312E #B9762E

triadic

#B9312E #2EB931 #312EB9

tetradic

#B9312E #70B92E #2EB6B9 #762EB9

square

#B9312E #70B92E #2EB6B9 #762EB9

split-complementary

#B9312E #2EB976 #2E70B9

monochromatic

#571716 #882422 #B9312E #D45351 #E08482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B9312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B9312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9312E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9312E	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.173 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77367',
    500: '#b9312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9312e;
$custom-light: #d77367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52351,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9312E

secondary

#7AC7C9

accent

#E0E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9312E

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

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