#B9454D#B9454D

#B9454D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.150 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9454D
RGB	rgb(185, 69, 77)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 47.41, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 51.61, 23.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1413 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.15 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4774, 15.1094, 8.6999)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9454D #45B9B1

analogous

#B94587 #B9454D #B97745

triadic

#B9454D #4DB945 #454DB9

tetradic

#B9454D #87B945 #45B9B1 #7745B9

square

#B9454D #87B945 #45B9B1 #7745B9

split-complementary

#B9454D #45B977 #4587B9

monochromatic

#602428 #8C343A #B9454D #CA7177 #DB9EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B9454D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B9454D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9454D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9454D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9454D	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F754A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9454d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 69, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.150 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47e7e',
    500: '#b9454d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9454d;
$custom-light: #d47e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9454d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55095,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9454D

secondary

#93C7C4

accent

#D5CC52

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9454D

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

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