#B85535#B85535

#B85535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.137 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85535
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 37.84, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 53.08, 44.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1071 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.137 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6605, 16.9474, 5.3927)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85535 #3598B8

analogous

#B83557 #B85535 #B89735

triadic

#B85535 #35B855 #5535B8

tetradic

#B85535 #57B835 #3598B8 #9735B8

square

#B85535 #57B835 #3598B8 #9735B8

split-complementary

#B85535 #35B897 #3557B8

monochromatic

#59291A #883F27 #B85535 #D0775B #DD9E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B85535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85535

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85535	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)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.137 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4876d',
    500: '#b85535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85535;
$custom-light: #d4876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.656,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56766,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85535

secondary

#81B6C7

accent

#BADF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85535

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

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