#B85559#B85559

#B85559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.128 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85559
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 40.39, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 43.88, 22.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.121 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.128 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8207, 17.4114, 11.5029)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85559 #55B8B4

analogous

#B8558A #B85559 #B88355

triadic

#B85559 #59B855 #5559B8

tetradic

#B85559 #8AB855 #55B8B4 #8355B8

square

#B85559 #8AB855 #55B8B4 #8355B8

split-complementary

#B85559 #55B883 #558AB8

monochromatic

#672B2E #933D41 #B85559 #CA8083 #DCABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#B85559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#B85559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85559

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85559	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.128 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28887',
    500: '#b85559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85559;
$custom-light: #d28887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.576,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57394,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85559

secondary

#9FCAC8

accent

#D1CC57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85559

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

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