#B85556#B85556

#B85556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85556
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 40.13, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 44.33, 25.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1198 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.129 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6973, 17.3621, 10.8529)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85556 #55B8B7

analogous

#B85587 #B85556 #B88555

triadic

#B85556 #56B855 #5556B8

tetradic

#B85556 #87B855 #55B8B7 #8555B8

square

#B85556 #87B855 #55B8B7 #8555B8

split-complementary

#B85556 #55B885 #5587B8

monochromatic

#672B2C #933D3E #B85556 #CA8081 #DCABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B85556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B85556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85556

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85556	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)

#6C6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28885',
    500: '#b85556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85556;
$custom-light: #d28885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.394,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85556

secondary

#9FCAC9

accent

#D1D057

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85556

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

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