#B85E45#B85E45

#B85E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.123 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E45
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(13, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 34.14, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 45.95, 42.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0986 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.123 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8461, 18.6282, 7.9162)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E45 #459FB8

analogous

#B84566 #B85E45 #B89745

triadic

#B85E45 #45B85E #5E45B8

tetradic

#B85E45 #66B845 #459FB8 #9745B8

square

#B85E45 #66B845 #459FB8 #9745B8

split-complementary

#B85E45 #45B897 #4566B8

monochromatic

#5F3124 #8B4734 #B85E45 #CA8471 #DAAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B85E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B85E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E45

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E45	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.123 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28d79',
    500: '#b85e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e45;
$custom-light: #d28d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58399,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E45

secondary

#92BBC7

accent

#B9D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E45

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

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