#B35055#B35055

#B35055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.129 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35055
RGB	rgb(179, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 40.70, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 44.09, 22.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.122 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.129 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1005, 15.9796, 10.4604)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35055 #50B3AE

analogous

#B35086 #B35055 #B37C50

triadic

#B35055 #55B350 #5055B3

tetradic

#B35055 #86B350 #50B3AE #7C50B3

square

#B35055 #86B350 #50B3AE #7C50B3

split-complementary

#B35055 #50B37C #5086B3

monochromatic

#5F292C #8A3C40 #B35055 #C67B7E #D8A5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B35055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B35055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35055

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35055	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.129 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8484',
    500: '#b35055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35055;
$custom-light: #ce8484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.97,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55833,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35055

secondary

#99C5C3

accent

#CFC958

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35055

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

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