#B85342#B85342

#B85342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.135 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85342
RGB	rgb(184, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 39.61, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 49.48, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.115 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.135 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8459, 16.7732, 7.1350)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85342 #42A7B8

analogous

#B8426C #B85342 #B88E42

triadic

#B85342 #42B853 #5342B8

tetradic

#B85342 #6CB842 #42A7B8 #8E42B8

square

#B85342 #6CB842 #42A7B8 #8E42B8

split-complementary

#B85342 #42B88E #426CB8

monochromatic

#5E2A22 #8B3F32 #B85342 #CB7A6D #DBA39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B85342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B85342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85342

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85342	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.135 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38677',
    500: '#b85342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85342;
$custom-light: #d38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.644,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56654,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85342

secondary

#8FBFC7

accent

#C4D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85342

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

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