#B35159#B35159

#B35159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.128 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35159
RGB	rgb(179, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 40.57, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 43.22, 20.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.122 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.128 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3377, 16.1925, 11.3457)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35159 #51B3AB

analogous

#B3518A #B35159 #B37A51

triadic

#B35159 #59B351 #5159B3

tetradic

#B35159 #8AB351 #51B3AB #7A51B3

square

#B35159 #8AB351 #51B3AB #7A51B3

split-complementary

#B35159 #51B37A #518AB3

monochromatic

#602A2E #8A3C43 #B35159 #C67C82 #D8A6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B35159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B35159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35159

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35159	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.128 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8587',
    500: '#b35159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35159;
$custom-light: #ce8587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56071,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35159

secondary

#9AC6C2

accent

#CFC559

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35159

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

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