#B85E55#B85E55

#B85E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.118 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E55
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 35.40, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 41.59, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.105 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.118 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4114, 18.8544, 10.8936)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E55 #55AFB8

analogous

#B8557D #B85E55 #B89055

triadic

#B85E55 #55B85E #5E55B8

tetradic

#B85E55 #7DB855 #55AFB8 #9055B8

square

#B85E55 #7DB855 #55AFB8 #9055B8

split-complementary

#B85E55 #55B890 #557DB8

monochromatic

#67312B #93453D #B85E55 #CA8780 #DCB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B85E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B85E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E55

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E55	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.118 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28d85',
    500: '#b85e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e55;
$custom-light: #d28d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5869,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E55

secondary

#9FC6CA

accent

#C6D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E55

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

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