#B94A38#B94A38

#B94A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.148 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94A38
RGB	rgb(185, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 43.77, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 55.09, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.126 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.148 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1725, 15.5005, 5.5123)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94A38 #38A7B9

analogous

#B93867 #B94A38 #B98B38

triadic

#B94A38 #38B94A #4A38B9

tetradic

#B94A38 #67B938 #38A7B9 #8B38B9

square

#B94A38 #67B938 #38A7B9 #8B38B9

split-complementary

#B94A38 #38B98B #3867B9

monochromatic

#5B241C #8A372A #B94A38 #CF6F5F #DD998E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B94A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B94A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94A38

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94A38	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.148 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5816f',
    500: '#b94a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94a38;
$custom-light: #d5816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55383,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94A38

secondary

#85BEC8

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94A38

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

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