#B9353D#B9353D

#B9353D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.168 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9353D
RGB	rgb(185, 53, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, 52.99, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 59.29, 26.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% 0.156 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.168 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1254, 13.2007, 5.7969)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9353D #35B9B1

analogous

#B9357F #B9353D #B96F35

triadic

#B9353D #3DB935 #353DB9

tetradic

#B9353D #7FB935 #35B9B1 #6F35B9

square

#B9353D #7FB935 #35B9B1 #6F35B9

split-complementary

#B9353D #35B96F #357FB9

monochromatic

#5A1A1E #89272D #B9353D #D05B62 #DE8B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B9353D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B9353D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9353D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9353D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9353D	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9353d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 53, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.168 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67572',
    500: '#b9353d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9353d;
$custom-light: #d67572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9353d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52969,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9353D

secondary

#82C8C4

accent

#DFD649

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9353D

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

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