#B85539#B85539

#B85539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.135 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85539
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 38.05, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 51.76, 42.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1085 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.135 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7564, 16.9857, 5.8977)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85539 #399CB8

analogous

#B8395D #B85539 #B89439

triadic

#B85539 #39B855 #5539B8

tetradic

#B85539 #5DB839 #399CB8 #9439B8

square

#B85539 #5DB839 #399CB8 #9439B8

split-complementary

#B85539 #39B894 #395DB8

monochromatic

#5B2A1C #893F2B #B85539 #CE7860 #DCA08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B85539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B85539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85539

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85539	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.135 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48770',
    500: '#b85539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85539;
$custom-light: #d48770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.228,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56818,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85539

secondary

#86B9C7

accent

#BCDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85539

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

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