#B35537#B35537

#B35537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.130 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35537
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 35.98, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 50.25, 44.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1023 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.13 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5306, 16.3593, 5.5849)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35537 #3795B3

analogous

#B33757 #B35537 #B39337

triadic

#B35537 #37B355 #5537B3

tetradic

#B35537 #57B337 #3795B3 #9337B3

square

#B35537 #57B337 #3795B3 #9337B3

split-complementary

#B35537 #37B393 #3757B3

monochromatic

#55291A #843F29 #B35537 #CD765B #DB9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B35537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B35537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35537

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35537	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)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.130 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0876f',
    500: '#b35537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35537;
$custom-light: #d0876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.516,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56048,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35537

secondary

#81B5C5

accent

#B9DC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35537

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

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