#B35538#B35538

#B35538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.130 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35538
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 36.04, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 49.92, 43.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1027 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.13 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5548, 16.3690, 5.7124)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35538 #3896B3

analogous

#B33859 #B35538 #B39238

triadic

#B35538 #38B355 #5538B3

tetradic

#B35538 #59B338 #3896B3 #9238B3

square

#B35538 #59B338 #3896B3 #9238B3

split-complementary

#B35538 #38B392 #3859B3

monochromatic

#56291B #843F29 #B35538 #CC775C #DB9E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B35538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B35538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35538

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35538	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.130 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0876f',
    500: '#b35538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35538;
$custom-light: #d0876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.146,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56061,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35538

secondary

#82B5C5

accent

#BADC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35538

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

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