#B85038#B85038

#B85038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.140 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85038
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 40.50, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 53.21, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1159 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.14 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3519, 16.2162, 5.6410)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85038 #38A0B8

analogous

#B83860 #B85038 #B89038

triadic

#B85038 #38B850 #5038B8

tetradic

#B85038 #60B838 #38A0B8 #9038B8

square

#B85038 #60B838 #38A0B8 #9038B8

split-complementary

#B85038 #38B890 #3860B8

monochromatic

#5A271B #893C2A #B85038 #CE745F #DD9D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B85038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B85038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85038

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85038	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.140 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4846f',
    500: '#b85038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85038;
$custom-light: #d4846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56066,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85038

secondary

#85BBC7

accent

#C1DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85038

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

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