#B85656#B85656

#B85656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.127 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85656
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 39.62, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 43.99, 25.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1183 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.127 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7766, 17.5206, 10.8793)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85656 #56B8B8

analogous

#B85687 #B85656 #B88756

triadic

#B85656 #56B856 #5656B8

tetradic

#B85656 #87B856 #56B8B8 #8756B8

square

#B85656 #87B856 #56B8B8 #8756B8

split-complementary

#B85656 #56B887 #5687B8

monochromatic

#682C2C #933E3E #B85656 #CA8181 #DCACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B85656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B85656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85656

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85656	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.127 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28885',
    500: '#b85656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85656;
$custom-light: #d28885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85656

secondary

#A0CACA

accent

#D1D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85656

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

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