#B85557#B85557

#B85557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85557
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 40.21, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 44.17, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1202 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.129 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7379, 17.3783, 11.0666)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85557 #55B8B6

analogous

#B85588 #B85557 #B88455

triadic

#B85557 #57B855 #5557B8

tetradic

#B85557 #88B855 #55B8B6 #8455B8

square

#B85557 #88B855 #55B8B6 #8455B8

split-complementary

#B85557 #55B884 #5588B8

monochromatic

#672B2C #933D3F #B85557 #CA8082 #DCABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#B85557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B85557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85557

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85557	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28886',
    500: '#b85557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85557;
$custom-light: #d28886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.788,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85557

secondary

#9FCAC9

accent

#D1CE57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85557

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

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