#B85552#B85552

#B85552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.129 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85552
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 39.79, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 45.04, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1182 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.129 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5406, 17.2994, 10.0278)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85552 #52B5B8

analogous

#B85282 #B85552 #B88852

triadic

#B85552 #52B855 #5552B8

tetradic

#B85552 #82B852 #52B5B8 #8852B8

square

#B85552 #82B852 #52B5B8 #8852B8

split-complementary

#B85552 #52B888 #5282B8

monochromatic

#662C2A #913E3C #B85552 #CA807D #DCAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B85552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B85552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85552

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85552	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.129 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28882',
    500: '#b85552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85552;
$custom-light: #d28882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85552

secondary

#9DC8C9

accent

#CED256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85552

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

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