#B9565E#B9565E

#B9565E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.128 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9565E
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 40.72, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 43.32, 19.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1226 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.128 17)
XYZ	xyz(25.3576, 17.7808, 12.6842)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9565E #56B9B1

analogous

#B9568F #B9565E #B98056

triadic

#B9565E #5EB956 #565EB9

tetradic

#B9565E #8FB956 #56B9B1 #8056B9

square

#B9565E #8FB956 #56B9B1 #8056B9

split-complementary

#B9565E #56B980 #568FB9

monochromatic

#692C30 #943D44 #B9565E #CB8187 #DDADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B9565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B9565E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9565E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9565E	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.128 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2898b',
    500: '#b9565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9565e;
$custom-light: #d2898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57803,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.17778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9565E

secondary

#A0CBC7

accent

#D1C757

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9565E

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

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