#B9373D#B9373D

#B9373D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.166 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9373D
RGB	rgb(185, 55, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 52.23, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 58.77, 27.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1536 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.166 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2184, 13.3868, 5.8280)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9373D #37B9B3

analogous

#B9377E #B9373D #B97237

triadic

#B9373D #3DB937 #373DB9

tetradic

#B9373D #7EB937 #37B9B3 #7237B9

square

#B9373D #7EB937 #37B9B3 #7237B9

split-complementary

#B9373D #37B972 #377EB9

monochromatic

#5B1B1E #8A292D #B9373D #CF5E63 #DD8D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B9373D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B9373D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9373D

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9373D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9373D	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB0E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9373d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 55, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.166 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57672',
    500: '#b9373d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9373d;
$custom-light: #d57672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9373d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53176,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9373D

secondary

#84C8C5

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9373D

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

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