#B9495C#B9495C

#B9495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.145 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9495C
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(350, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 50.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 46.83, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 48.50, 15.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1415 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.145 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3238, 15.8550, 11.9026)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9495C #49B9A6

analogous

#B94994 #B9495C #B96E49

triadic

#B9495C #5CB949 #495CB9

tetradic

#B9495C #94B949 #49B9A6 #6E49B9

square

#B9495C #94B949 #49B9A6 #6E49B9

split-complementary

#B9495C #49B96E #4994B9

monochromatic

#622630 #8E3746 #B9495C #CA7584 #DBA1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B9495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B9495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9495C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9495C	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.145 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3818a',
    500: '#b9495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9495c;
$custom-light: #d3818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.821,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55948,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9495C

secondary

#96C8BF

accent

#D4BE54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9495C

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

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