#B85249#B85249

#B85249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.134 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85249
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 40.59, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 47.92, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1193 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.134 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9891, 16.7089, 8.2639)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85249 #49AFB8

analogous

#B84977 #B85249 #B88949

triadic

#B85249 #49B852 #5249B8

tetradic

#B85249 #77B849 #49AFB8 #8949B8

square

#B85249 #77B849 #49AFB8 #8949B8

split-complementary

#B85249 #49B889 #4977B8

monochromatic

#612B26 #8D3E37 #B85249 #C97C75 #DAA6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B85249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B85249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85249

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85249	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.134 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3867c',
    500: '#b85249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85249;
$custom-light: #d3867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85249

secondary

#96C3C7

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85249

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

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