#B94A42#B94A42

#B94A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.146 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94A42
RGB	rgb(185, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 44.35, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 52.36, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1297 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.146 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4420, 15.6083, 6.9315)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94A42 #42B1B9

analogous

#B94276 #B94A42 #B98642

triadic

#B94A42 #42B94A #4A42B9

tetradic

#B94A42 #76B942 #42B1B9 #8642B9

square

#B94A42 #76B942 #42B1B9 #8642B9

split-complementary

#B94A42 #42B986 #4276B9

monochromatic

#5F2622 #8C3832 #B94A42 #CB746D #DB9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B94A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B94A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94A42

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94A42	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)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.146 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48176',
    500: '#b94a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94a42;
$custom-light: #d48176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.034,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55538,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94A42

secondary

#90C3C7

accent

#CED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94A42

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

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