#B9474D#B9474D

#B9474D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.148 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9474D
RGB	rgb(185, 71, 77)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 46.50, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 50.96, 24.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1385 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.148 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6025, 15.3596, 8.7416)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9474D #47B9B3

analogous

#B94786 #B9474D #B97A47

triadic

#B9474D #4DB947 #474DB9

tetradic

#B9474D #86B947 #47B9B3 #7A47B9

square

#B9474D #86B947 #47B9B3 #7A47B9

split-complementary

#B9474D #47B97A #4786B9

monochromatic

#612528 #8D363A #B9474D #CA7378 #DBA0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B9474D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B9474D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9474D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9474D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9474D	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9474d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 71, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.148 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f7e',
    500: '#b9474d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9474d;
$custom-light: #d47f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9474d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55349,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9474D

secondary

#94C7C5

accent

#D5CE53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9474D

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

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