#B9535B#B9535B

#B9535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.132 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9535B
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 50.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 41.94, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 44.78, 20.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.126 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.132 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9910, 17.2590, 11.9107)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9535B #53B9B1

analogous

#B9538E #B9535B #B97E53

triadic

#B9535B #5BB953 #535BB9

tetradic

#B9535B #8EB953 #53B9B1 #7E53B9

square

#B9535B #8EB953 #53B9B1 #7E53B9

split-complementary

#B9535B #53B97E #538EB9

monochromatic

#672A2F #933C43 #B9535B #CB7E84 #DCAAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B9535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B9535B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9535B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9535B	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)

#6A665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.132 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38789',
    500: '#b9535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9535b;
$custom-light: #d38789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57295,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9535B

secondary

#9ECAC7

accent

#D2C856

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9535B

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

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