#B85540#B85540

#B85540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.133 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85540
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 38.47, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 49.57, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1111 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.133 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9432, 17.0604, 6.8816)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85540 #40A3B8

analogous

#B84067 #B85540 #B89140

triadic

#B85540 #40B855 #5540B8

tetradic

#B85540 #67B840 #40A3B8 #9140B8

square

#B85540 #67B840 #40A3B8 #9140B8

split-complementary

#B85540 #40B891 #4067B8

monochromatic

#5D2B20 #8B4030 #B85540 #CB7B6A #DBA397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B85540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B85540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85540

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85540	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.133 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38775',
    500: '#b85540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85540;
$custom-light: #d38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85540

secondary

#8DBDC7

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85540

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

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