#B35657#B35657

#B35657 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.121 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35657
RGB	rgb(179, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 37.84, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 41.64, 24.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1133 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.121 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.6402, 16.9300, 11.0378)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35657 #56B3B2

analogous

#B35686 #B35657 #B38456

triadic

#B35657 #57B356 #5657B3

tetradic

#B35657 #86B356 #56B3B2 #8456B3

square

#B35657 #86B356 #56B3B2 #8456B3

split-complementary

#B35657 #56B384 #5686B3

monochromatic

#622C2D #8D3F40 #B35657 #C68081 #D9AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B35657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B35657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35657

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35657	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.121 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8886',
    500: '#b35657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35657;
$custom-light: #ce8886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.355,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56772,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.16927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35657

secondary

#9EC7C6

accent

#CECD5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35657

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

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