#B85E4E#B85E4E

#B85E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.120 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E4E
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 34.81, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 43.31, 36.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1022 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.12 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1470, 18.7486, 9.5008)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E4E #4EA8B8

analogous

#B84E73 #B85E4E #B8934E

triadic

#B85E4E #4EB85E #5E4EB8

tetradic

#B85E4E #73B84E #4EA8B8 #934EB8

square

#B85E4E #73B84E #4EA8B8 #934EB8

split-complementary

#B85E4E #4EB893 #4E73B8

monochromatic

#643128 #8F4639 #B85E4E #CA867A #DBADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B85E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B85E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E4E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E4E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.120 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28d7f',
    500: '#b85e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e4e;
$custom-light: #d28d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.057,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E4E

secondary

#9AC1C8

accent

#C0D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E4E

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

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