#B85236#B85236

#B85236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.139 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85236
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 39.40, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 53.39, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1122 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.139 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4526, 16.4943, 5.4380)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85236 #369CB8

analogous

#B8365B #B85236 #B89336

triadic

#B85236 #36B852 #5236B8

tetradic

#B85236 #5BB836 #369CB8 #9336B8

square

#B85236 #5BB836 #369CB8 #9336B8

split-complementary

#B85236 #36B893 #365BB8

monochromatic

#59281A #893D28 #B85236 #CF755C #DD9D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B85236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B85236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85236

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85236	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)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.139 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856e',
    500: '#b85236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85236;
$custom-light: #d4856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85236

secondary

#82B9C7

accent

#BEDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85236

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →