#B85151#B85151

#B85151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.134 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85151
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 41.70, 20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 46.54, 26.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1241 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.134 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1968, 16.6722, 9.7268)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85151 #51B8B8

analogous

#B85185 #B85151 #B88551

triadic

#B85151 #51B851 #5151B8

tetradic

#B85151 #85B851 #51B8B8 #8551B8

square

#B85151 #85B851 #51B8B8 #8551B8

split-complementary

#B85151 #51B885 #5185B8

monochromatic

#652929 #913B3B #B85151 #CA7C7C #DBA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B85151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B85151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85151

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85151	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.134 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28581',
    500: '#b85151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85151;
$custom-light: #d28581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56639,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85151

secondary

#9CC9C9

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85151

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

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