#B85159#B85159

#B85159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.134 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85159
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 42.38, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 45.33, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1273 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.134 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5146, 16.7993, 11.4009)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85159 #51B8B0

analogous

#B8518D #B85159 #B87D51

triadic

#B85159 #59B851 #5159B8

tetradic

#B85159 #8DB851 #51B8B0 #7D51B8

square

#B85159 #8DB851 #51B8B0 #7D51B8

split-complementary

#B85159 #51B87D #518DB8

monochromatic

#65292E #913B42 #B85159 #CA7C82 #DBA8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B85159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B85159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85159

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85159	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.134 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28587',
    500: '#b85159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85159;
$custom-light: #d28587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.34,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56814,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85159

secondary

#9CC9C5

accent

#D2C856

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85159

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

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