#B85252#B85252

#B85252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.133 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85252
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 41.29, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 46.03, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1229 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.133 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3094, 16.8370, 9.9507)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85252 #52B8B8

analogous

#B85285 #B85252 #B88552

triadic

#B85252 #52B852 #5252B8

tetradic

#B85252 #85B852 #52B8B8 #8552B8

square

#B85252 #85B852 #52B8B8 #8552B8

split-complementary

#B85252 #52B885 #5285B8

monochromatic

#662A2A #913C3C #B85252 #CA7D7D #DCA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B85252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B85252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85252

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85252	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.133 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28682',
    500: '#b85252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85252;
$custom-light: #d28682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56804,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85252

secondary

#9DC9C9

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85252

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

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