#B35257#B35257

#B35257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.126 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35257
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 39.88, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 43.09, 22.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1196 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.126 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3297, 16.3091, 10.9343)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35257 #52B3AE

analogous

#B35287 #B35257 #B37D52

triadic

#B35257 #57B352 #5257B3

tetradic

#B35257 #87B352 #52B3AE #7D52B3

square

#B35257 #87B352 #52B3AE #7D52B3

split-complementary

#B35257 #52B37D #5287B3

monochromatic

#602A2D #8B3D41 #B35257 #C67D80 #D8A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B35257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B35257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35257

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35257	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.126 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8686',
    500: '#b35257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35257;
$custom-light: #ce8686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.907,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56171,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35257

secondary

#9BC6C4

accent

#CFC959

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35257

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

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