#B85537#B85537

#B85537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.136 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85537
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 37.94, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 52.42, 43.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1078 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.136 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7075, 16.9661, 5.6401)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85537 #379AB8

analogous

#B8375A #B85537 #B89537

triadic

#B85537 #37B855 #5537B8

tetradic

#B85537 #5AB837 #379AB8 #9537B8

square

#B85537 #5AB837 #379AB8 #9537B8

split-complementary

#B85537 #37B895 #375AB8

monochromatic

#5A291B #893F29 #B85537 #CF785D #DD9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B85537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85537

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85537	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)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.136 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4876f',
    500: '#b85537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85537;
$custom-light: #d4876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.953,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56791,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85537

secondary

#84B8C7

accent

#BBDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85537

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

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