#B48985#B48985

#B48985 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.053 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48985
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(5, 24%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 26%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 15.79, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 17.93, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0484 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.053 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0022, 29.2896, 26.1535)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48985 #85B0B4

analogous

#B48599 #B48985 #B4A185

triadic

#B48985 #85B489 #8985B4

tetradic

#B48985 #99B485 #85B0B4 #A185B4

square

#B48985 #99B485 #85B0B4 #A185B4

split-complementary

#B48985 #85B4A1 #8599B4

monochromatic

#764C49 #9C6560 #B48985 #CBAEAB #E3D2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B48985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48985

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48985	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.053 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaba8',
    500: '#b48985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48985;
$custom-light: #cbaba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 23.858,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6701,
    "c": 0.05327,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48985

secondary

#C2D2D3

accent

#9AA243

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48985

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

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