#B85442#B85442

#B85442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.134 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85442
RGB	rgb(184, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 39.10, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 49.23, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1135 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.134 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9230, 16.9273, 7.1607)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85442 #42A6B8

analogous

#B8426B #B85442 #B88F42

triadic

#B85442 #42B854 #5442B8

tetradic

#B85442 #6BB842 #42A6B8 #8F42B8

square

#B85442 #6BB842 #42A6B8 #8F42B8

split-complementary

#B85442 #42B88F #426BB8

monochromatic

#5E2B22 #8B3F32 #B85442 #CB7B6D #DBA49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B85442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B85442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85442

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85442	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.134 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38777',
    500: '#b85442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85442;
$custom-light: #d38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56802,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85442

secondary

#8FBEC7

accent

#C2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85442

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

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