#B85241#B85241

#B85241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.136 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85241
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 40.04, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 50.03, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1162 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.136 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7408, 16.6095, 6.9558)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85241 #41A7B8

analogous

#B8416C #B85241 #B88E41

triadic

#B85241 #41B852 #5241B8

tetradic

#B85241 #6CB841 #41A7B8 #8E41B8

square

#B85241 #6CB841 #41A7B8 #8E41B8

split-complementary

#B85241 #41B88E #416CB8

monochromatic

#5E2A21 #8B3E31 #B85241 #CB796B #DBA299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B85241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B85241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85241

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85241	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)

#6C643F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.136 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38676',
    500: '#b85241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85241;
$custom-light: #d38676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56491,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85241

secondary

#8EBFC7

accent

#C4D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85241

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

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