#B9525E#B9525E

#B9525E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.133 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9525E
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 42.71, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 44.86, 17.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1288 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.133 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0471, 17.1599, 12.5807)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9525E #52B9AD

analogous

#B95291 #B9525E #B97A52

triadic

#B9525E #5EB952 #525EB9

tetradic

#B9525E #91B952 #52B9AD #7A52B9

square

#B9525E #91B952 #52B9AD #7A52B9

split-complementary

#B9525E #52B97A #5291B9

monochromatic

#672A31 #933B45 #B9525E #CB7E87 #DCA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B9525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B9525E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9525E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9525E	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.133 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2868b',
    500: '#b9525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9525e;
$custom-light: #d2868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.01,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57223,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9525E

secondary

#9DCAC5

accent

#D2C456

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9525E

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

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