#B85142#B85142

#B85142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.137 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85142
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 40.60, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 50.01, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1181 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.137 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6951, 16.4715, 7.0847)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85142 #42A9B8

analogous

#B8426E #B85142 #B88C42

triadic

#B85142 #42B851 #5142B8

tetradic

#B85142 #6EB842 #42A9B8 #8C42B8

square

#B85142 #6EB842 #42A9B8 #8C42B8

split-complementary

#B85142 #42B88C #426EB8

monochromatic

#5E2922 #8B3D32 #B85142 #CB796D #DBA29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B85142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B85142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85142

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85142	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.137 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38576',
    500: '#b85142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85142;
$custom-light: #d38576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.627,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56361,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85142

secondary

#8FC0C7

accent

#C6D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85142

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

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