#B35259#B35259

#B35259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.126 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35259
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 40.07, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 42.84, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1204 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.126 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4126, 16.3422, 11.3707)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35259 #52B3AC

analogous

#B35289 #B35259 #B37B52

triadic

#B35259 #59B352 #5259B3

tetradic

#B35259 #89B352 #52B3AC #7B52B3

square

#B35259 #89B352 #52B3AC #7B52B3

split-complementary

#B35259 #52B37B #5289B3

monochromatic

#602A2E #8B3D43 #B35259 #C67D82 #D8A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B35259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B35259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35259

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35259	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.126 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8687',
    500: '#b35259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35259;
$custom-light: #ce8687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.67,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56218,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35259

secondary

#9BC6C3

accent

#CFC659

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35259

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

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