#B35638#B35638

#B35638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.129 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35638
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 35.52, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 49.71, 44.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1011 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.129 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6341, 16.5275, 5.7388)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35638 #3895B3

analogous

#B33857 #B35638 #B39338

triadic

#B35638 #38B356 #5638B3

tetradic

#B35638 #57B338 #3895B3 #9338B3

square

#B35638 #57B338 #3895B3 #9338B3

split-complementary

#B35638 #38B393 #3857B3

monochromatic

#56291B #844029 #B35638 #CC775C #DB9E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B35638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B35638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35638

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35638	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.129 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0886f',
    500: '#b35638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35638;
$custom-light: #d0886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56217,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35638

secondary

#82B5C5

accent

#B9DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35638

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

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