#B85F42#B85F42

#B85F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.123 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85F42
RGB	rgb(184, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 33.41, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 46.71, 44.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.0959 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.123 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8448, 18.7709, 7.4680)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85F42 #429BB8

analogous

#B84260 #B85F42 #B89A42

triadic

#B85F42 #42B85F #5F42B8

tetradic

#B85F42 #60B842 #429BB8 #9A42B8

square

#B85F42 #60B842 #429BB8 #9A42B8

split-complementary

#B85F42 #42B89A #4260B8

monochromatic

#5E3022 #8B4832 #B85F42 #CB846D #DBAA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B85F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B85F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85F42

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85F42	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)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.123 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e77',
    500: '#b85f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85f42;
$custom-light: #d38e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.746,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58514,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85F42

secondary

#8FB9C7

accent

#B6D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85F42

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

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