#B94950#B94950

#B94950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.145 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94950
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 45.81, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 49.81, 23.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1367 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.145 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8402, 15.6616, 9.3554)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94950 #49B9B2

analogous

#B94988 #B94950 #B97A49

triadic

#B94950 #50B949 #4950B9

tetradic

#B94950 #88B949 #49B9B2 #7A49B9

square

#B94950 #88B949 #49B9B2 #7A49B9

split-complementary

#B94950 #49B97A #4988B9

monochromatic

#622629 #8E373C #B94950 #CA757A #DBA1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B94950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B94950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94950

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94950	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.145 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48081',
    500: '#b94950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94950;
$custom-light: #d48081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94950

secondary

#96C8C5

accent

#D4CC54

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94950

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

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