#B95E5E#B95E5E

#B95E5E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.118 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B95E5E
RGB	rgb(185, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 36.61, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 40.36, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1098 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.118 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0324, 19.1306, 12.9091)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B95E5E #5EB9B9

analogous

#B95E8C #B95E5E #B98C5E

triadic

#B95E5E #5EB95E #5E5EB9

tetradic

#B95E5E #8CB95E #5EB9B9 #8C5EB9

square

#B95E5E #8CB95E #5EB9B9 #8C5EB9

split-complementary

#B95E5E #5EB98C #5E8CB9

monochromatic

#6D2F2F #984242 #B95E5E #CC8989 #DEB3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B95E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B95E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B95E5E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B95E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B95E5E	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b95e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.118 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28e8b',
    500: '#b95e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b95e5e;
$custom-light: #d28e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b95e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59023,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B95E5E

secondary

#A6CDCD

accent

#CFCF59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B95E5E

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

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