#B9474B#B9474B

#B9474B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.148 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9474B
RGB	rgb(185, 71, 75)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 59.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 46.36, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 51.31, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.1377 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.148 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5330, 15.3318, 8.3754)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9474B #47B9B5

analogous

#B94784 #B9474B #B97C47

triadic

#B9474B #4BB947 #474BB9

tetradic

#B9474B #84B947 #47B9B5 #7C47B9

square

#B9474B #84B947 #47B9B5 #7C47B9

split-complementary

#B9474B #47B97C #4784B9

monochromatic

#612527 #8D3639 #B9474B #CA7376 #DBA0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B9474B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B9474B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9474B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9474B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9474B	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)

#635E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9474b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 71, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.148 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f7d',
    500: '#b9474b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9474b;
$custom-light: #d47f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9474b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55309,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9474B

secondary

#94C7C6

accent

#D5D053

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9474B

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

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