#B35740#B35740

#B35740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.125 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35740
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 35.50, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 46.89, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1025 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.125 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9260, 16.7730, 6.8797)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35740 #409CB3

analogous

#B34062 #B35740 #B39040

triadic

#B35740 #40B357 #5740B3

tetradic

#B35740 #62B340 #409CB3 #9040B3

square

#B35740 #62B340 #409CB3 #9040B3

split-complementary

#B35740 #40B390 #4062B3

monochromatic

#592B20 #864130 #B35740 #C97B67 #D9A294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B35740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B35740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35740

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35740	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.125 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8875',
    500: '#b35740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35740;
$custom-light: #cf8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5649,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35740

secondary

#8AB9C4

accent

#BCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35740

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

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