#B85545#B85545

#B85545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.132 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85545
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 38.80, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 48.13, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.113 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.132 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0920, 17.1199, 7.6649)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85545 #45A8B8

analogous

#B8456E #B85545 #B88F45

triadic

#B85545 #45B855 #5545B8

tetradic

#B85545 #6EB845 #45A8B8 #8F45B8

square

#B85545 #6EB845 #45A8B8 #8F45B8

split-complementary

#B85545 #45B88F #456EB8

monochromatic

#5F2C24 #8B4034 #B85545 #CA7D71 #DAA69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B85545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B85545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85545

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85545	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.132 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38779',
    500: '#b85545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85545;
$custom-light: #d38779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.348,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85545

secondary

#92BFC7

accent

#C3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85545

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

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