#B9473B#B9473B

#B9473B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.150 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9473B
RGB	rgb(185, 71, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 45.33, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 55.00, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1314 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.15 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0526, 15.1397, 5.8452)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9473B #3BADB9

analogous

#B93B6E #B9473B #B9863B

triadic

#B9473B #3BB947 #473BB9

tetradic

#B9473B #6EB93B #3BADB9 #863BB9

square

#B9473B #6EB93B #3BADB9 #863BB9

split-complementary

#B9473B #3BB986 #3B6EB9

monochromatic

#5C231D #8B352C #B9473B #CD6E64 #DC9992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B9473B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B9473B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9473B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9473B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9473B	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9473b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 71, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.150 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57f71',
    500: '#b9473b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9473b;
$custom-light: #d57f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9473b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55029,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9473B

secondary

#88C1C7

accent

#CEDB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9473B

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

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