#B85B45#B85B45

#B85B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.126 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85B45
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 35.72, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 46.63, 40.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1035 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.126 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5845, 18.1050, 7.8290)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85B45 #45A2B8

analogous

#B84569 #B85B45 #B89545

triadic

#B85B45 #45B85B #5B45B8

tetradic

#B85B45 #69B845 #45A2B8 #9545B8

square

#B85B45 #69B845 #45A2B8 #9545B8

split-complementary

#B85B45 #45B895 #4569B8

monochromatic

#5F2F24 #8B4534 #B85B45 #CA8271 #DAA99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B85B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B85B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85B45

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85B45	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.126 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b79',
    500: '#b85b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85b45;
$custom-light: #d38b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85B45

secondary

#92BDC7

accent

#BCD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85B45

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

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