#B35545#B35545

#B35545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.126 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35545
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 36.88, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 45.91, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1076 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.126 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9150, 16.5131, 7.6097)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35545 #45A3B3

analogous

#B3456C #B35545 #B38C45

triadic

#B35545 #45B355 #5545B3

tetradic

#B35545 #6CB345 #45A3B3 #8C45B3

square

#B35545 #6CB345 #45A3B3 #8C45B3

split-complementary

#B35545 #45B38C #456CB3

monochromatic

#5B2B23 #874034 #B35545 #C77B6E #D8A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B35545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B35545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35545

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35545	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.126 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8779',
    500: '#b35545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35545;
$custom-light: #cf8779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56262,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35545

secondary

#8FBDC4

accent

#C1D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35545

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

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