#B9554E#B9554E

#B9554E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.131 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9554E
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 39.84, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 46.32, 30.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1177 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.131 26)
XYZ	xyz(24.6333, 17.3643, 9.2607)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9554E #4EB2B9

analogous

#B94E7D #B9554E #B98B4E

triadic

#B9554E #4EB955 #554EB9

tetradic

#B9554E #7DB94E #4EB2B9 #8B4EB9

square

#B9554E #7DB94E #4EB2B9 #8B4EB9

split-complementary

#B9554E #4EB98B #4E7DB9

monochromatic

#652C28 #913F39 #B9554E #CA7F7A #DCA9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B9554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B9554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9554E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9554E	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)

#6D674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.131 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3887f',
    500: '#b9554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9554e;
$custom-light: #d3887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.925,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57311,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.17361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9554E

secondary

#9AC6C9

accent

#CBD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9554E

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

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