#B9472A#B9472A

#B9472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.154 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9472A
RGB	rgb(185, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 44.52, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 60.10, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1256 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.154 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6812, 14.9911, 3.8893)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9472A #2A9CB9

analogous

#B92A54 #B9472A #B98F2A

triadic

#B9472A #2AB947 #472AB9

tetradic

#B9472A #54B92A #2A9CB9 #8F2AB9

square

#B9472A #54B92A #2A9CB9 #8F2AB9

split-complementary

#B9472A #2AB98F #2A54B9

monochromatic

#552113 #87341F #B9472A #D6674A #E1917C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B9472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B9472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9472A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9472A	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.154 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67f65',
    500: '#b9472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9472a;
$custom-light: #d67f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.168,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54811,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9472A

secondary

#75B8CA

accent

#C5E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9472A

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

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