#B9505E#B9505E

#B9505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.136 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9505E
RGB	rgb(185, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(352, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 43.69, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 45.64, 16.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1319 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.136 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8985, 16.8626, 12.5311)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9505E #50B9AB

analogous

#B95093 #B9505E #B97750

triadic

#B9505E #5EB950 #505EB9

tetradic

#B9505E #93B950 #50B9AB #7750B9

square

#B9505E #93B950 #50B9AB #7750B9

split-complementary

#B9505E #50B977 #5093B9

monochromatic

#662931 #923A46 #B9505E #CA7C86 #DCA7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B9505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B9505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9505E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9505E	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.136 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3858b',
    500: '#b9505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9505e;
$custom-light: #d3858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56941,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9505E

secondary

#9BC9C3

accent

#D3C255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9505E

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

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