Dusty Red#B9484E

#B9484E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.146 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dusty Red — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B9484E
RGB	rgb(185, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 46.12, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 50.46, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1374 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.146 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7022, 15.5021, 8.9503)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9484E #48B9B3

analogous

#B94886 #B9484E #B97A48

triadic

#B9484E #4EB948 #484EB9

tetradic

#B9484E #86B948 #48B9B3 #7A48B9

square

#B9484E #86B948 #48B9B3 #7A48B9

split-complementary

#B9484E #48B97A #4886B9

monochromatic

#612528 #8E363B #B9484E #CA7479 #DBA1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B9484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B9484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9484E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9484E	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.146 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4807f',
    500: '#b9484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9484e;
$custom-light: #d4807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9484E

secondary

#95C8C5

accent

#D4CE53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9484E

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

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