#B85235#B85235

#B85235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.139 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85235
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 39.35, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 53.72, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1118 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.139 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4293, 16.4850, 5.3156)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85235 #359BB8

analogous

#B8355A #B85235 #B89435

triadic

#B85235 #35B852 #5235B8

tetradic

#B85235 #5AB835 #359BB8 #9435B8

square

#B85235 #5AB835 #359BB8 #9435B8

split-complementary

#B85235 #35B894 #355AB8

monochromatic

#59281A #883D27 #B85235 #D0745B #DD9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B85235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B85235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85235

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85235	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.139 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856d',
    500: '#b85235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85235;
$custom-light: #d4856d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.282,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56318,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85235

secondary

#81B8C7

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85235

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

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