#B85553#B85553

#B85553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85553
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 39.87, 20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 44.85, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1186 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.129 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5789, 17.3147, 10.2296)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85553 #53B6B8

analogous

#B85384 #B85553 #B88753

triadic

#B85553 #53B855 #5553B8

tetradic

#B85553 #84B853 #53B6B8 #8753B8

square

#B85553 #84B853 #53B6B8 #8753B8

split-complementary

#B85553 #53B887 #5384B8

monochromatic

#662B2A #923E3C #B85553 #CA807E #DCABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B85553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B85553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85553

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85553	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)

#6C6752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28883',
    500: '#b85553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85553;
$custom-light: #d28883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57264,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85553

secondary

#9DC9C9

accent

#CFD156

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85553

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

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