#B85541#B85541

#B85541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.133 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85541
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 38.53, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 49.27, 38.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1115 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.133 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9720, 17.0719, 7.0328)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85541 #41A4B8

analogous

#B84169 #B85541 #B89141

triadic

#B85541 #41B855 #5541B8

tetradic

#B85541 #69B841 #41A4B8 #9141B8

square

#B85541 #69B841 #41A4B8 #9141B8

split-complementary

#B85541 #41B891 #4169B8

monochromatic

#5E2B21 #8B4031 #B85541 #CB7B6B #DBA499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B85541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B85541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85541

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85541	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)

#6F663F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.133 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38776',
    500: '#b85541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85541;
$custom-light: #d38776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.084,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85541

secondary

#8EBDC7

accent

#C1D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85541

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

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