#B9455B#B9455B

#B9455B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.150 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9455B
RGB	rgb(185, 69, 91)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 50.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 48.55, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 50.07, 14.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1469 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.15 12)
XYZ	xyz(24.0260, 15.3289, 11.5891)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9455B #45B9A3

analogous

#B94595 #B9455B #B96945

triadic

#B9455B #5BB945 #455BB9

tetradic

#B9455B #95B945 #45B9A3 #6945B9

square

#B9455B #95B945 #45B9A3 #6945B9

split-complementary

#B9455B #45B969 #4595B9

monochromatic

#60242F #8C3445 #B9455B #CA7182 #DB9EA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B9455B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B9455B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9455B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9455B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9455B	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9455b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 69, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.150 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37e89',
    500: '#b9455b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9455b;
$custom-light: #d37e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9455b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.621,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55415,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.15326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9455B

secondary

#93C7BD

accent

#D5BD52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9455B

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

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