#B9525C#B9525C

#B9525C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.133 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9525C
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 92)
HSL	hsl(354, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 50.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 42.52, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 45.05, 19.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.128 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.133 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9585, 17.1244, 12.1141)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9525C #52B9AF

analogous

#B9528F #B9525C #B97C52

triadic

#B9525C #5CB952 #525CB9

tetradic

#B9525C #8FB952 #52B9AF #7C52B9

square

#B9525C #8FB952 #52B9AF #7C52B9

split-complementary

#B9525C #52B97C #528FB9

monochromatic

#672A30 #933B44 #B9525C #CB7E85 #DCA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B9525C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B9525C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9525C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9525C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9525C	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9525c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.133 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3868a',
    500: '#b9525c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9525c;
$custom-light: #d3868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9525c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.175,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57175,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9525C

secondary

#9DCAC5

accent

#D2C656

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9525C

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

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