#B9514D#B9514D

#B9514D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.136 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9514D
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 41.75, 23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 47.76, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1235 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.136 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2916, 16.7379, 8.9713)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9514D #4DB5B9

analogous

#B94D7F #B9514D #B9874D

triadic

#B9514D #4DB951 #514DB9

tetradic

#B9514D #7FB94D #4DB5B9 #874DB9

square

#B9514D #7FB94D #4DB5B9 #874DB9

split-complementary

#B9514D #4DB987 #4D7FB9

monochromatic

#642A27 #903C39 #B9514D #CA7C79 #DCA7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B9514D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B9514D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9514D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9514D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9514D	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9514d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.136 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3857e',
    500: '#b9514d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9514d;
$custom-light: #d3857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9514d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56709,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9514D

secondary

#99C7C9

accent

#CFD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9514D

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

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