#B85D40#B85D40

#B85D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.125 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85D40
RGB	rgb(184, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 34.33, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 47.78, 44.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.0984 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.125 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6091, 18.3921, 7.1036)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85D40 #409BB8

analogous

#B8405F #B85D40 #B89940

triadic

#B85D40 #40B85D #5D40B8

tetradic

#B85D40 #5FB840 #409BB8 #9940B8

square

#B85D40 #5FB840 #409BB8 #9940B8

split-complementary

#B85D40 #40B899 #405FB8

monochromatic

#5D2F20 #8B4630 #B85D40 #CB816A #DBA897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B85D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B85D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85D40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85D40	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.125 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d75',
    500: '#b85d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85d40;
$custom-light: #d38d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58162,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85D40

secondary

#8DB9C7

accent

#B7D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85D40

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

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