#B35656#B35656

#B35656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.121 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35656
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 37.75, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 41.80, 25.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1129 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.121 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5996, 16.9138, 10.8242)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35656 #56B3B3

analogous

#B35685 #B35656 #B38556

triadic

#B35656 #56B356 #5656B3

tetradic

#B35656 #85B356 #56B3B3 #8556B3

square

#B35656 #85B356 #56B3B3 #8556B3

split-complementary

#B35656 #56B385 #5685B3

monochromatic

#622C2C #8D3F3F #B35656 #C68080 #D9AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B35656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B35656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35656

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35656	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.121 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8885',
    500: '#b35656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35656;
$custom-light: #ce8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35656

secondary

#9EC7C7

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35656

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

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