#B85550#B85550

#B85550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.129 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85550
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 39.62, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 45.45, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1174 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.129 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4656, 17.2694, 9.6328)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85550 #50B3B8

analogous

#B8507F #B85550 #B88950

triadic

#B85550 #50B855 #5550B8

tetradic

#B85550 #7FB850 #50B3B8 #8950B8

square

#B85550 #7FB850 #50B3B8 #8950B8

split-complementary

#B85550 #50B889 #507FB8

monochromatic

#652C29 #903F3B #B85550 #CA7F7C #DBAAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B85550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B85550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85550

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85550	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.129 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28881',
    500: '#b85550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85550;
$custom-light: #d28881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.885,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57203,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85550

secondary

#9BC7C9

accent

#CCD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85550

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

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