#B85259#B85259

#B85259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.132 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85259
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 41.89, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 44.97, 21.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1257 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.132 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5895, 16.9490, 11.4258)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85259 #52B8B1

analogous

#B8528C #B85259 #B87E52

triadic

#B85259 #59B852 #5259B8

tetradic

#B85259 #8CB852 #52B8B1 #7E52B8

square

#B85259 #8CB852 #52B8B1 #7E52B8

split-complementary

#B85259 #52B87E #528CB8

monochromatic

#662A2E #913C41 #B85259 #CA7D83 #DCA9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B85259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85259

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85259	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.132 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28687',
    500: '#b85259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85259;
$custom-light: #d28687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.882,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56957,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85259

secondary

#9DC9C6

accent

#D2C956

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85259

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

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