#B85231#B85231

#B85231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.141 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85231
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 39.15, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 55.04, 44.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1104 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.141 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3411, 16.4497, 4.8511)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85231 #3197B8

analogous

#B83153 #B85231 #B89531

triadic

#B85231 #31B852 #5231B8

tetradic

#B85231 #53B831 #3197B8 #9531B8

square

#B85231 #53B831 #3197B8 #9531B8

split-complementary

#B85231 #31B895 #3153B8

monochromatic

#572717 #883C24 #B85231 #D27355 #DE9B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B85231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B85231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85231

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85231	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)

#6E632D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.141 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856b',
    500: '#b85231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85231;
$custom-light: #d4856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56269,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85231

secondary

#7DB6C8

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85231

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

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