#B94A40#B94A40

#B94A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.146 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94A40
RGB	rgb(185, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 44.23, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 52.87, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.129 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.146 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3840, 15.5851, 6.6263)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94A40 #40AFB9

analogous

#B94073 #B94A40 #B98740

triadic

#B94A40 #40B94A #4A40B9

tetradic

#B94A40 #73B940 #40AFB9 #8740B9

square

#B94A40 #73B940 #40AFB9 #8740B9

split-complementary

#B94A40 #40B987 #4073B9

monochromatic

#5E2621 #8C3830 #B94A40 #CC736B #DB9E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B94A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B94A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94A40

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94A40	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.146 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48175',
    500: '#b94a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94a40;
$custom-light: #d48175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.959,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55505,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94A40

secondary

#8EC2C7

accent

#CDD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94A40

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

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