#B9455E#B9455E

#B9455E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.150 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9455E
RGB	rgb(185, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(347, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 48.82, 10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 49.94, 12.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.148 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.151 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1580, 15.3817, 12.2843)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9455E #45B9A0

analogous

#B94598 #B9455E #B96645

triadic

#B9455E #5EB945 #455EB9

tetradic

#B9455E #98B945 #45B9A0 #6645B9

square

#B9455E #98B945 #45B9A0 #6645B9

split-complementary

#B9455E #45B966 #4598B9

monochromatic

#602431 #8C3447 #B9455E #CA7184 #DB9EAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B9455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B9455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9455E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9455E	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.150 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37e8b',
    500: '#b9455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9455e;
$custom-light: #d37e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.069,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55491,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9455E

secondary

#93C7BC

accent

#D5B952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150A0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9455E

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

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