#B85E72#B85E72

#B85E72 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.117 H 7.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E72
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 38%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 38.39, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 38.79, 8.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1166 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.118 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8085, 19.4132, 18.2516)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E72 #5EB8A4

analogous

#B85E9F #B85E72 #B8775E

triadic

#B85E72 #72B85E #5E72B8

tetradic

#B85E72 #9FB85E #5EB8A4 #775EB8

square

#B85E72 #9FB85E #5EB8A4 #775EB8

split-complementary

#B85E72 #5EB877 #5E9FB8

monochromatic

#6C303D #964255 #B85E72 #CB8897 #DDB3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B85E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B85E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E72

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E72	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.117 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08e9a',
    500: '#b85e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e72;
$custom-light: #d08e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59396,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E72

secondary

#A6CCC3

accent

#CFB559

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E72

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

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