#B85243#B85243

#B85243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.135 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85243
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 40.17, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 49.47, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.117 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.135 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7997, 16.6331, 7.2663)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85243 #43A9B8

analogous

#B8436F #B85243 #B88D43

triadic

#B85243 #43B852 #5243B8

tetradic

#B85243 #6FB843 #43A9B8 #8D43B8

square

#B85243 #6FB843 #43A9B8 #8D43B8

split-complementary

#B85243 #43B88D #436FB8

monochromatic

#5E2A22 #8B3E33 #B85243 #CA7A6E #DBA39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B85243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B85243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85243

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85243	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.135 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38677',
    500: '#b85243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85243;
$custom-light: #d38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56523,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85243

secondary

#90C0C7

accent

#C5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85243

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

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