#B94E42#B94E42

#B94E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.141 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B94E42
RGB	rgb(185, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 42.44, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 51.25, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1238 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.141 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7176, 16.1595, 7.0233)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B94E42 #42ADB9

analogous

#B94272 #B94E42 #B98942

triadic

#B94E42 #42B94E #4E42B9

tetradic

#B94E42 #72B942 #42ADB9 #8942B9

square

#B94E42 #72B942 #42ADB9 #8942B9

split-complementary

#B94E42 #42B989 #4272B9

monochromatic

#5F2822 #8C3B32 #B94E42 #CB776D #DBA19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B94E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B94E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B94E42

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B94E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B94E42	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b94e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.141 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48376',
    500: '#b94e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b94e42;
$custom-light: #d48376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b94e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.05,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56087,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B94E42

secondary

#90C2C7

accent

#C9D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B94E42

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

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