#B9535A#B9535A

#B9535A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.132 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9535A
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 51.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 41.85, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 44.90, 21.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1256 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.132 18)
XYZ	xyz(24.9482, 17.2419, 11.6851)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9535A #53B9B2

analogous

#B9538D #B9535A #B97F53

triadic

#B9535A #5AB953 #535AB9

tetradic

#B9535A #8DB953 #53B9B2 #7F53B9

square

#B9535A #8DB953 #53B9B2 #7F53B9

split-complementary

#B9535A #53B97F #538DB9

monochromatic

#672A2E #933C42 #B9535A #CB7E84 #DCAAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B9535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B9535A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9535A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9535A	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A665A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.132 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38788',
    500: '#b9535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9535a;
$custom-light: #d38788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.882,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57272,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.17239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9535A

secondary

#9ECAC7

accent

#D2C956

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9535A

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

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