#B9516B#B9516B

#B9516B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9516B
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 107)
HSL	hsl(345, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(345, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 42.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 44.52, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 44.93, 7.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1354 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.136 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6055, 17.2635, 15.8908)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9516B #51B99F

analogous

#B9519F #B9516B #B96B51

triadic

#B9516B #6BB951 #516BB9

tetradic

#B9516B #9FB951 #51B99F #6B51B9

square

#B9516B #9FB951 #51B99F #6B51B9

split-complementary

#B9516B #51B96B #519FB9

monochromatic

#662938 #923B51 #B9516B #CB7D90 #DCA8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B9516B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B9516B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9516B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9516B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9516B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28695',
    500: '#b9516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9516b;
$custom-light: #d28695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57424,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9516B

secondary

#9CCABE

accent

#D2B355

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150B0D

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9516B

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

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