#B35640#B35640

#B35640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.126 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35640
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 36.02, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 47.13, 40.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1041 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.126 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8456, 16.6122, 6.8529)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35640 #409DB3

analogous

#B34064 #B35640 #B38F40

triadic

#B35640 #40B356 #5640B3

tetradic

#B35640 #64B340 #409DB3 #8F40B3

square

#B35640 #64B340 #409DB3 #8F40B3

split-complementary

#B35640 #40B38F #4064B3

monochromatic

#592B20 #864030 #B35640 #C97A67 #D9A294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B35640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B35640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35640

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35640	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.126 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8875',
    500: '#b35640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35640;
$custom-light: #cf8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56334,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35640

secondary

#8AB9C4

accent

#BDD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35640

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

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