#B85437#B85437

#B85437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.137 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85437
RGB	rgb(184, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 38.45, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 52.63, 43.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1094 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.137 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6293, 16.8098, 5.6140)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85437 #379BB8

analogous

#B8375B #B85437 #B89537

triadic

#B85437 #37B854 #5437B8

tetradic

#B85437 #5BB837 #379BB8 #9537B8

square

#B85437 #5BB837 #379BB8 #9537B8

split-complementary

#B85437 #37B895 #375BB8

monochromatic

#5A291B #893E29 #B85437 #CF775D #DD9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B85437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B85437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85437

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85437	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.137 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4876f',
    500: '#b85437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85437;
$custom-light: #d4876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.488,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56641,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85437

secondary

#84B8C7

accent

#BCDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85437

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

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