#B9422E#B9422E

#B9422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.158 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9422E
RGB	rgb(185, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 46.94, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 60.00, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1339 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.158 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4514, 14.4112, 4.1837)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9422E #2EA5B9

analogous

#B92E60 #B9422E #B9872E

triadic

#B9422E #2EB942 #422EB9

tetradic

#B9422E #60B92E #2EA5B9 #872EB9

square

#B9422E #60B92E #2EA5B9 #872EB9

split-complementary

#B9422E #2EB987 #2E60B9

monochromatic

#571F16 #883122 #B9422E #D46351 #E08F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B9422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B9422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9422E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9422E	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB233E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.158 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67c68',
    500: '#b9422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9422e;
$custom-light: #d67c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54218,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9422E

secondary

#7ABDC9

accent

#CCE344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9422E

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

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