#B9372C#B9372C

#B9372C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.168 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9372C
RGB	rgb(185, 55, 44)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 51.42, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 63.13, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1475 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.168 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8309, 13.2318, 3.7869)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9372C #2CAEB9

analogous

#B92C67 #B9372C #B97E2C

triadic

#B9372C #2CB937 #372CB9

tetradic

#B9372C #67B92C #2CAEB9 #7E2CB9

square

#B9372C #67B92C #2CAEB9 #7E2CB9

split-complementary

#B9372C #2CB97E #2C67B9

monochromatic

#561A14 #882820 #B9372C #D5584D #E1867F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B9372C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B9372C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9372C

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9372C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9372C	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC0436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9372c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 55, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.168 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77666',
    500: '#b9372c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9372c;
$custom-light: #d77666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9372c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5293,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9372C

secondary

#78C3C9

accent

#D8E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9372C

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

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