#B94937#B94937

#B94937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.149 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94937
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 44.18, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 55.63, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1271 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.149 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0821, 15.3583, 5.3627)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94937 #37A7B9

analogous

#B93766 #B94937 #B98A37

triadic

#B94937 #37B949 #4937B9

tetradic

#B94937 #66B937 #37A7B9 #8A37B9

square

#B94937 #66B937 #37A7B9 #8A37B9

split-complementary

#B94937 #37B98A #3766B9

monochromatic

#5B241B #8A3629 #B94937 #CF6E5E #DD988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B94937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B94937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94937

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94937	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)

#675E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.149 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5806e',
    500: '#b94937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94937;
$custom-light: #d5806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55235,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94937

secondary

#84BEC8

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94937

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

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