#B9402B#B9402B

#B9402B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.160 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9402B
RGB	rgb(185, 64, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 47.69, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 61.37, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1356 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.16 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2795, 14.1587, 3.8448)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9402B #2BA4B9

analogous

#B92B5D #B9402B #B9872B

triadic

#B9402B #2BB940 #402BB9

tetradic

#B9402B #5DB92B #2BA4B9 #872BB9

square

#B9402B #5DB92B #2BA4B9 #872BB9

split-complementary

#B9402B #2BB987 #2B5DB9

monochromatic

#561E14 #872F1F #B9402B #D5604C #E18C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B9402B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B9402B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9402B

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9402B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9402B	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9402b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 64, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.160 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b66',
    500: '#b9402b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9402b;
$custom-light: #d67b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9402b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.873,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53939,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9402B

secondary

#76BDC9

accent

#CDE542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9402B

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

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