#B9534D#B9534D

#B9534D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.133 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9534D
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 40.76, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 47.15, 30.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1204 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.133 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4425, 17.0396, 9.0215)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9534D #4DB3B9

analogous

#B94D7D #B9534D #B9894D

triadic

#B9534D #4DB953 #534DB9

tetradic

#B9534D #7DB94D #4DB3B9 #894DB9

square

#B9534D #7DB94D #4DB3B9 #894DB9

split-complementary

#B9534D #4DB989 #4D7DB9

monochromatic

#642B27 #903E39 #B9534D #CA7D79 #DCA8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B9534D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B9534D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9534D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9534D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9534D	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9534d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.133 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3867f',
    500: '#b9534d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9534d;
$custom-light: #d3867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9534d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56998,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9534D

secondary

#99C6C9

accent

#CCD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9534D

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

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