#B85232#B85232

#B85232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.140 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85232
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 39.20, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 54.70, 44.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1108 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.14 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3625, 16.4582, 4.9635)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85232 #3298B8

analogous

#B83255 #B85232 #B89532

triadic

#B85232 #32B852 #5232B8

tetradic

#B85232 #55B832 #3298B8 #9532B8

square

#B85232 #55B832 #3298B8 #9532B8

split-complementary

#B85232 #32B895 #3255B8

monochromatic

#582718 #883D25 #B85232 #D17356 #DE9B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B85232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B85232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85232

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85232	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)

#6E632E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.140 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856b',
    500: '#b85232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85232;
$custom-light: #d4856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56281,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85232

secondary

#7EB6C8

accent

#BCE147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85232

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

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