#B85555#B85555

#B85555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85555
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 40.04, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 44.50, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1194 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.129 22)
XYZ	xyz(24.6573, 17.3461, 10.6422)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85555 #55B8B8

analogous

#B85586 #B85555 #B88655

triadic

#B85555 #55B855 #5555B8

tetradic

#B85555 #86B855 #55B8B8 #8655B8

square

#B85555 #86B855 #55B8B8 #8655B8

split-complementary

#B85555 #55B886 #5586B8

monochromatic

#672B2B #933D3D #B85555 #CA8080 #DCABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B85555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B85555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85555

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85555	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28884',
    500: '#b85555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85555;
$custom-light: #d28884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57306,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.17343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85555

secondary

#9FCACA

accent

#D1D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85555

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

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