#B9454E#B9454E

#B9454E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.150 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9454E
RGB	rgb(185, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 47.48, 19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 51.45, 22.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1417 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.15 19)
XYZ	xyz(23.5130, 15.1237, 8.8872)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9454E #45B9B0

analogous

#B94588 #B9454E #B97645

triadic

#B9454E #4EB945 #454EB9

tetradic

#B9454E #88B945 #45B9B0 #7645B9

square

#B9454E #88B945 #45B9B0 #7645B9

split-complementary

#B9454E #45B976 #4588B9

monochromatic

#602428 #8C343B #B9454E #CA7178 #DB9EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B9454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B9454E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9454E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9454E	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)

#625D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F754B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.150 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47e7f',
    500: '#b9454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9454e;
$custom-light: #d47e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.345,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55116,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.15121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9454E

secondary

#93C7C3

accent

#D5CB52

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9454E

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

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