#B85637#B85637

#B85637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.135 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85637
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 37.43, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 52.21, 44.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1063 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.135 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7868, 17.1247, 5.6665)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85637 #3799B8

analogous

#B83758 #B85637 #B89737

triadic

#B85637 #37B856 #5637B8

tetradic

#B85637 #58B837 #3799B8 #9737B8

square

#B85637 #58B837 #3799B8 #9737B8

split-complementary

#B85637 #37B897 #3758B8

monochromatic

#5A2A1B #894029 #B85637 #CF795D #DDA08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B85637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B85637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85637

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85637	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.135 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4886f',
    500: '#b85637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85637;
$custom-light: #d4886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.419,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85637

secondary

#84B7C7

accent

#BADD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85637

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

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