#B85536#B85536

#B85536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.136 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85536
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 37.89, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 52.75, 44.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1075 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.136 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6838, 16.9567, 5.5151)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85536 #3699B8

analogous

#B83658 #B85536 #B89636

triadic

#B85536 #36B855 #5536B8

tetradic

#B85536 #58B836 #3699B8 #9636B8

square

#B85536 #58B836 #3699B8 #9636B8

split-complementary

#B85536 #36B896 #3658B8

monochromatic

#59291A #893F28 #B85536 #CF775C #DD9F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B85536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85536

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85536	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)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.136 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4876e',
    500: '#b85536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85536;
$custom-light: #d4876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56778,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85536

secondary

#82B7C7

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85536

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

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