#B9504E#B9504E

#B9504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.137 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9504E
RGB	rgb(185, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 42.32, 22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 47.87, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1254 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.137 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2535, 16.6046, 9.1341)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9504E #4EB7B9

analogous

#B94E82 #B9504E #B9864E

triadic

#B9504E #4EB950 #504EB9

tetradic

#B9504E #82B94E #4EB7B9 #864EB9

square

#B9504E #82B94E #4EB7B9 #864EB9

split-complementary

#B9504E #4EB986 #4E82B9

monochromatic

#652928 #913B39 #B9504E #CA7B7A #DCA7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B9504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B9504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9504E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9504E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.137 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3857f',
    500: '#b9504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9504e;
$custom-light: #d3857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.121,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56587,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9504E

secondary

#9AC8C9

accent

#D1D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9504E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →