#B35542#B35542

#B35542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.127 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35542
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 36.67, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 46.77, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1064 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.127 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8243, 16.4768, 7.1316)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35542 #42A0B3

analogous

#B34268 #B35542 #B38D42

triadic

#B35542 #42B355 #5542B3

tetradic

#B35542 #68B342 #42A0B3 #8D42B3

square

#B35542 #68B342 #42A0B3 #8D42B3

split-complementary

#B35542 #42B38D #4268B3

monochromatic

#5A2B21 #864032 #B35542 #C87A6A #D9A297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B35542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B35542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35542

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35542	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)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.127 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8777',
    500: '#b35542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35542;
$custom-light: #cf8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.088,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35542

secondary

#8CBBC4

accent

#C0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35542

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

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