#B95237#B95237

#B95237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.140 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B95237
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 39.84, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 53.50, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1136 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.14 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7168, 16.6277, 5.5743)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B95237 #379EB9

analogous

#B9375D #B95237 #B99337

triadic

#B95237 #37B952 #5237B9

tetradic

#B95237 #5DB937 #379EB9 #9337B9

square

#B95237 #5DB937 #379EB9 #9337B9

split-complementary

#B95237 #37B993 #375DB9

monochromatic

#5B281B #8A3D29 #B95237 #CF765E #DD9E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B95237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B95237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B95237

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B95237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B95237	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)

#6E6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b95237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.140 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5856f',
    500: '#b95237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b95237;
$custom-light: #d5856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b95237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56496,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B95237

secondary

#84BAC8

accent

#BFDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B95237

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

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