#B35540#B35540

#B35540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.127 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35540
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 36.54, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 47.36, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1057 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.127 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7663, 16.4536, 6.8265)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35540 #409EB3

analogous

#B34064 #B35540 #B38F40

triadic

#B35540 #40B355 #5540B3

tetradic

#B35540 #64B340 #409EB3 #8F40B3

square

#B35540 #64B340 #409EB3 #8F40B3

split-complementary

#B35540 #40B38F #4064B3

monochromatic

#592A20 #864030 #B35540 #C97967 #D9A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B35540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B35540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35540

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35540	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.127 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8775',
    500: '#b35540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35540;
$custom-light: #cf8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5618,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35540

secondary

#8ABAC4

accent

#BED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35540

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

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