#B9554D#B9554D

#B9554D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.131 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9554D
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 39.76, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 46.54, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1173 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.131 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5977, 17.3500, 9.0733)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9554D #4DB1B9

analogous

#B94D7B #B9554D #B98B4D

triadic

#B9554D #4DB955 #554DB9

tetradic

#B9554D #7BB94D #4DB1B9 #8B4DB9

square

#B9554D #7BB94D #4DB1B9 #8B4DB9

split-complementary

#B9554D #4DB98B #4D7BB9

monochromatic

#642C27 #903F39 #B9554D #CA7F79 #DCA9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B9554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B9554D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9554D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9554D	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.131 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3887f',
    500: '#b9554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9554d;
$custom-light: #d3887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57292,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9554D

secondary

#99C5C9

accent

#CAD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9554D

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

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