#B35556#B35556

#B35556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.123 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35556
RGB	rgb(179, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 38.26, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 42.15, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1145 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.123 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5204, 16.7552, 10.7977)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35556 #55B3B2

analogous

#B35585 #B35556 #B38355

triadic

#B35556 #56B355 #5556B3

tetradic

#B35556 #85B355 #55B3B2 #8355B3

square

#B35556 #85B355 #55B3B2 #8355B3

split-complementary

#B35556 #55B383 #5585B3

monochromatic

#622C2C #8C3F3F #B35556 #C67F80 #D9AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B35556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B35556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35556

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35556	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.123 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8785',
    500: '#b35556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35556;
$custom-light: #ce8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.362,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56598,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35556

secondary

#9DC7C6

accent

#CECD5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35556

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

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