#B95238#B95238

#B95238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.140 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B95238
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 39.89, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 53.18, 41.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1139 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.14 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7410, 16.6374, 5.7018)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B95238 #389FB9

analogous

#B9385F #B95238 #B99338

triadic

#B95238 #38B952 #5238B9

tetradic

#B95238 #5FB938 #389FB9 #9338B9

square

#B95238 #5FB938 #389FB9 #9338B9

split-complementary

#B95238 #38B993 #385FB9

monochromatic

#5B281C #8A3D2A #B95238 #CF765F #DD9E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B95238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B95238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B95238

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B95238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B95238	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b95238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.140 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5856f',
    500: '#b95238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b95238;
$custom-light: #d5856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b95238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56509,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B95238

secondary

#85BAC8

accent

#BFDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B95238

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →