#B85240#B85240

#B85240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.136 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85240
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 39.98, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 50.31, 37.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1158 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.136 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7121, 16.5981, 6.8046)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85240 #40A6B8

analogous

#B8406A #B85240 #B88E40

triadic

#B85240 #40B852 #5240B8

tetradic

#B85240 #6AB840 #40A6B8 #8E40B8

square

#B85240 #6AB840 #40A6B8 #8E40B8

split-complementary

#B85240 #40B88E #406AB8

monochromatic

#5D2A20 #8B3E30 #B85240 #CB796A #DBA297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B85240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B85240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85240

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85240	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.136 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38675',
    500: '#b85240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85240;
$custom-light: #d38675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56475,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85240

secondary

#8DBEC7

accent

#C4D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85240

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

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