#B9404E#B9404E

#B9404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.156 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9404E
RGB	rgb(185, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 49.67, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 53.08, 20.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1487 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.156 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2183, 14.5342, 8.7890)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9404E #40B9AB

analogous

#B9408B #B9404E #B96F40

triadic

#B9404E #4EB940 #404EB9

tetradic

#B9404E #8BB940 #40B9AB #6F40B9

square

#B9404E #8BB940 #40B9AB #6F40B9

split-complementary

#B9404E #40B96F #408BB9

monochromatic

#5E2128 #8C303B #B9404E #CC6B76 #DB98A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B9404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B9404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9404E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9404E	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.156 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47b7f',
    500: '#b9404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9404e;
$custom-light: #d47b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.058,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54506,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9404E

secondary

#8EC7C1

accent

#D8C850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9404E

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

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