#B9422B#B9422B

#B9422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.158 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9422B
RGB	rgb(185, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 46.81, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 60.91, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1329 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.158 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3943, 14.3884, 3.8831)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9422B #2BA2B9

analogous

#B92B5B #B9422B #B9892B

triadic

#B9422B #2BB942 #422BB9

tetradic

#B9422B #5BB92B #2BA2B9 #892BB9

square

#B9422B #5BB92B #2BA2B9 #892BB9

split-complementary

#B9422B #2BB989 #2B5BB9

monochromatic

#561F14 #87301F #B9422B #D5624C #E18E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B9422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B9422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9422B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9422B	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC223D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.158 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67c66',
    500: '#b9422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9422b;
$custom-light: #d67c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54183,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9422B

secondary

#76BCC9

accent

#CBE542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9422B

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

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