#B9535E#B9535E

#B9535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.132 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9535E
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 42.22, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 44.48, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1272 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.132 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1231, 17.3118, 12.6060)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9535E #53B9AE

analogous

#B95391 #B9535E #B97B53

triadic

#B9535E #5EB953 #535EB9

tetradic

#B9535E #91B953 #53B9AE #7B53B9

square

#B9535E #91B953 #53B9AE #7B53B9

split-complementary

#B9535E #53B97B #5391B9

monochromatic

#672A31 #933C45 #B9535E #CB7E87 #DCAAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B9535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B9535E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9535E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9535E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.132 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2878b',
    500: '#b9535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9535e;
$custom-light: #d2878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.529,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57366,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9535E

secondary

#9ECAC5

accent

#D2C556

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9535E

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

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