#B35539#B35539

#B35539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.130 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35539
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 36.10, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 49.58, 43.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.103 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.13 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5795, 16.3789, 5.8425)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35539 #3997B3

analogous

#B3395A #B35539 #B39239

triadic

#B35539 #39B355 #5539B3

tetradic

#B35539 #5AB339 #3997B3 #9239B3

square

#B35539 #5AB339 #3997B3 #9239B3

split-complementary

#B35539 #39B392 #395AB3

monochromatic

#56291B #853F2A #B35539 #CC775E #DA9E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B35539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B35539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35539

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35539	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.130 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08770',
    500: '#b35539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35539;
$custom-light: #d08770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.77,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56075,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35539

secondary

#83B6C5

accent

#BADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35539

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

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