#B9593B#B9593B

#B9593B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.132 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9593B
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 59)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 36.51, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 50.69, 43.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1041 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.132 38)
XYZ	xyz(24.3716, 17.7778, 6.2849)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9593B #3B9BB9

analogous

#B93B5C #B9593B #B9983B

triadic

#B9593B #3BB959 #593BB9

tetradic

#B9593B #5CB93B #3B9BB9 #983BB9

square

#B9593B #5CB93B #3B9BB9 #983BB9

split-complementary

#B9593B #3BB998 #3B5CB9

monochromatic

#5C2C1D #8B432C #B9593B #CD7D64 #DCA492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B9593B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B9593B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9593B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9593B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9593B	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)

#736838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9593b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.132 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a72',
    500: '#b9593b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9593b;
$custom-light: #d48a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9593b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.17775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9593B

secondary

#88B8C7

accent

#B9DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9593B

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

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