#B9515E#B9515E

#B9515E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.135 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9515E
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 43.20, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 45.25, 17.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1303 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.135 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9722, 17.0102, 12.5557)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9515E #51B9AC

analogous

#B95192 #B9515E #B97851

triadic

#B9515E #5EB951 #515EB9

tetradic

#B9515E #92B951 #51B9AC #7851B9

square

#B9515E #92B951 #51B9AC #7851B9

split-complementary

#B9515E #51B978 #5192B9

monochromatic

#662931 #923B46 #B9515E #CB7D86 #DCA8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B9515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B9515E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9515E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9515E	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.135 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2858b',
    500: '#b9515e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9515e;
$custom-light: #d2858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57082,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9515E

secondary

#9CCAC4

accent

#D2C355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9515E

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

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