#B85253#B85253

#B85253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.133 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85253
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 41.37, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 45.86, 25.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1233 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.133 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3478, 16.8523, 10.1526)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85253 #52B8B7

analogous

#B85286 #B85253 #B88452

triadic

#B85253 #53B852 #5253B8

tetradic

#B85253 #86B852 #52B8B7 #8452B8

square

#B85253 #86B852 #52B8B7 #8452B8

split-complementary

#B85253 #52B884 #5286B8

monochromatic

#662A2A #913C3C #B85253 #CA7D7E #DCA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B85253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B85253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85253

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85253	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)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.133 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28683',
    500: '#b85253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85253;
$custom-light: #d28683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.412,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56825,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85253

secondary

#9DC9C9

accent

#D2D056

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85253

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

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