#B94957#B94957

#B94957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.145 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94957
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 87)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 46.38, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 48.91, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1395 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.145 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1124, 15.7705, 10.7892)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94957 #49B9AB

analogous

#B9498F #B94957 #B97349

triadic

#B94957 #57B949 #4957B9

tetradic

#B94957 #8FB949 #49B9AB #7349B9

square

#B94957 #8FB949 #49B9AB #7349B9

split-complementary

#B94957 #49B973 #498FB9

monochromatic

#62262D #8E3742 #B94957 #CA7580 #DBA1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B94957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B94957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94957

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94957	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.145 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38186',
    500: '#b94957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94957;
$custom-light: #d38186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55828,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94957

secondary

#96C8C2

accent

#D4C454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94957

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

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