#B85140#B85140

#B85140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.137 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85140
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 40.48, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 50.57, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1174 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.137 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6372, 16.4483, 6.7796)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85140 #40A7B8

analogous

#B8406B #B85140 #B88D40

triadic

#B85140 #40B851 #5140B8

tetradic

#B85140 #6BB840 #40A7B8 #8D40B8

square

#B85140 #6BB840 #40A7B8 #8D40B8

split-complementary

#B85140 #40B88D #406BB8

monochromatic

#5D2920 #8B3D30 #B85140 #CB786A #DBA197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B85140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B85140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85140

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85140	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.137 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38575',
    500: '#b85140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85140;
$custom-light: #d38575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56329,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85140

secondary

#8DBFC7

accent

#C5D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85140

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

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