#B28985#B28985

#B28985 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.051 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28985
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(5, 23%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 25%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 25.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 15.01, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 17.09, 28.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0461 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.051 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5398, 29.0512, 26.1319)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28985 #85AEB2

analogous

#B28597 #B28985 #B29F85

triadic

#B28985 #85B289 #8985B2

tetradic

#B28985 #97B285 #85AEB2 #9F85B2

square

#B28985 #97B285 #85AEB2 #9F85B2

split-complementary

#B28985 #85B29F #8597B2

monochromatic

#744D49 #996661 #B28985 #CAADAB #E1D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B28985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B28985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28985

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28985	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.051 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaba8',
    500: '#b28985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28985;
$custom-light: #caaba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 22.613,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.05079,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28985

secondary

#C1D0D2

accent

#99A144

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28985

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

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