#B85237#B85237

#B85237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.139 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85237
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 39.45, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 53.07, 41.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1125 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.139 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4763, 16.5038, 5.5630)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85237 #379DB8

analogous

#B8375D #B85237 #B89337

triadic

#B85237 #37B852 #5237B8

tetradic

#B85237 #5DB837 #379DB8 #9337B8

square

#B85237 #5DB837 #379DB8 #9337B8

split-complementary

#B85237 #37B893 #375DB8

monochromatic

#5A281B #893D29 #B85237 #CF755D #DD9D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B85237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B85237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85237

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85237	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.139 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4856f',
    500: '#b85237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85237;
$custom-light: #d4856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56344,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85237

secondary

#84B9C7

accent

#BFDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85237

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

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