#B85538#B85538

#B85538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.136 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85538
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 38.00, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 52.09, 43.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1082 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.136 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7317, 16.9758, 5.7676)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85538 #389BB8

analogous

#B8385B #B85538 #B89538

triadic

#B85538 #38B855 #5538B8

tetradic

#B85538 #5BB838 #389BB8 #9538B8

square

#B85538 #5BB838 #389BB8 #9538B8

split-complementary

#B85538 #38B895 #385BB8

monochromatic

#5A2A1B #893F2A #B85538 #CE785F #DDA08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B85538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85538

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85538	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)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.136 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4876f',
    500: '#b85538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85538;
$custom-light: #d4876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56804,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85538

secondary

#85B8C7

accent

#BCDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85538

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

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