#B9524D#B9524D

#B9524D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.135 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9524D
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 41.26, 23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 47.45, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.122 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.135 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3665, 16.8876, 8.9962)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9524D #4DB4B9

analogous

#B94D7E #B9524D #B9884D

triadic

#B9524D #4DB952 #524DB9

tetradic

#B9524D #7EB94D #4DB4B9 #884DB9

square

#B9524D #7EB94D #4DB4B9 #884DB9

split-complementary

#B9524D #4DB988 #4D7EB9

monochromatic

#642A27 #903D39 #B9524D #CA7D79 #DCA7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B9524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B9524D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9524D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9524D	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.135 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3867f',
    500: '#b9524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9524d;
$custom-light: #d3867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.778,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56853,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9524D

secondary

#99C7C9

accent

#CDD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9524D

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

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