#b94940

Color #b94940

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 9.74 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b94940

RGB

rgb(185, 73, 64)

HSL

hsl(4.5, 48.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4.5, 65.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 65.4%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(46.25, 44.7, 28.74)

LCH

lch(46.25, 53.14, 32.74)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.147, 27.47)

HWB

hwb(4.5, 25.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40b0b9

Analogous

#b94073

#b94940

#b98640

Triadic

#b94940

#40b949

#4940b9

Split-complementary

#b94940

#40b986

#4073b9

Tetradic

#b94940

#b0b940

#40b0b9

#4940b9

Square

#b94940

#73b940

#40b0b9

#8640b9

Shades

Color #b94940 mixed toward black.

#9a3d35

#7b312b

#5c2520

#3e1815

#1f0c0b

Tints

Color #b94940 mixed toward white.

#c7655d

#d2847e

#dda39e

#e9c2be

#f4e0df

Tones

Color #b94940 mixed toward gray.

#af524a

#a55a54

#9b635e

#916b68

#877472

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#969542 · ΔE 42.2

Deuteranopia

#9ba243 · ΔE 46.8

Tritanopia

#b54444 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b94940;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b94940]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#b94940 (#b94940) is rgb(185, 73, 64) in RGB.

No, #b94940 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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