#B85343#B85343

#B85343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.134 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85343
RGB	rgb(184, 83, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 39.67, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 49.20, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1154 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.134 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8757, 16.7850, 7.2916)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85343 #43A8B8

analogous

#B8436E #B85343 #B88E43

triadic

#B85343 #43B853 #5343B8

tetradic

#B85343 #6EB843 #43A8B8 #8E43B8

square

#B85343 #6EB843 #43A8B8 #8E43B8

split-complementary

#B85343 #43B88E #436EB8

monochromatic

#5E2B22 #8B3F33 #B85343 #CA7B6E #DBA49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B85343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B85343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85343

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85343	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 83, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.134 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38677',
    500: '#b85343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85343;
$custom-light: #d38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5667,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85343

secondary

#90BFC7

accent

#C4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85343

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

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