#B85138#B85138

#B85138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.139 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85138
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 40.01, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 52.98, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1144 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.139 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4257, 16.3637, 5.6656)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85138 #389FB8

analogous

#B8385F #B85138 #B89138

triadic

#B85138 #38B851 #5138B8

tetradic

#B85138 #5FB838 #389FB8 #9138B8

square

#B85138 #5FB838 #389FB8 #9138B8

split-complementary

#B85138 #38B891 #385FB8

monochromatic

#5A281B #893C2A #B85138 #CE755F #DD9D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B85138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B85138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85138

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85138	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.139 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856f',
    500: '#b85138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85138;
$custom-light: #d4856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.719,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56211,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85138

secondary

#85BAC7

accent

#C0DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85138

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

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