#B9495E#B9495E

#B9495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.145 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9495E
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 47.01, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 48.39, 13.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1423 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.145 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4124, 15.8905, 12.3691)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9495E #49B9A4

analogous

#B94996 #B9495E #B96C49

triadic

#B9495E #5EB949 #495EB9

tetradic

#B9495E #96B949 #49B9A4 #6C49B9

square

#B9495E #96B949 #49B9A4 #6C49B9

split-complementary

#B9495E #49B96C #4996B9

monochromatic

#622631 #8E3747 #B9495E #CA7585 #DBA1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B9495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B9495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9495E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9495E	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.145 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3818b',
    500: '#b9495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9495e;
$custom-light: #d3818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55998,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9495E

secondary

#96C8BE

accent

#D4BC54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9495E

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

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