#B95757#B95757

#B95757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.127 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B95757
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 39.57, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 43.91, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1182 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.127 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1380, 17.8216, 11.1311)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B95757 #57B9B9

analogous

#B95788 #B95757 #B98857

triadic

#B95757 #57B957 #5757B9

tetradic

#B95757 #88B957 #57B9B9 #8857B9

square

#B95757 #88B957 #57B9B9 #8857B9

split-complementary

#B95757 #57B988 #5788B9

monochromatic

#6A2C2C #953E3E #B95757 #CB8282 #DDADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B95757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B95757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B95757

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B95757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B95757	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b95757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.127 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38986',
    500: '#b95757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b95757;
$custom-light: #d38986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b95757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57793,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B95757

secondary

#A1CBCB

accent

#D1D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B95757

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

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