#B9453E#B9453E

#B9453E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.152 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9453E
RGB	rgb(185, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 46.41, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 54.74, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1354 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.152 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0075, 14.9215, 6.2251)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9453E #3EB2B9

analogous

#B93E74 #B9453E #B9823E

triadic

#B9453E #3EB945 #453EB9

tetradic

#B9453E #74B93E #3EB2B9 #823EB9

square

#B9453E #74B93E #3EB2B9 #823EB9

split-complementary

#B9453E #3EB982 #3E74B9

monochromatic

#5D231F #8B342F #B9453E #CC6E68 #DC9A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B9453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B9453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9453E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9453E	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB2B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.152 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57e73',
    500: '#b9453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9453e;
$custom-light: #d57e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.415,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54818,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9453E

secondary

#8CC4C7

accent

#D1D94E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9453E

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

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