#B9442A#B9442A

#B9442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.157 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9442A
RGB	rgb(185, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 45.89, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 60.77, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1298 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.157 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4951, 14.6189, 3.8273)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9442A #2A9FB9

analogous

#B92A58 #B9442A #B98C2A

triadic

#B9442A #2AB944 #442AB9

tetradic

#B9442A #58B92A #2A9FB9 #8C2AB9

square

#B9442A #58B92A #2A9FB9 #8C2AB9

split-complementary

#B9442A #2AB98C #2A58B9

monochromatic

#551F13 #87321F #B9442A #D6644A #E18F7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B9442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B9442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9442A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9442A	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.157 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d65',
    500: '#b9442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9442a;
$custom-light: #d67d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54423,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9442A

secondary

#75BACA

accent

#C8E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9442A

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

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