#B35757#B35757

#B35757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.120 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35757
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 37.32, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 41.29, 25.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1116 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.12 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7206, 17.0908, 11.0646)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35757 #57B3B3

analogous

#B35785 #B35757 #B38557

triadic

#B35757 #57B357 #5757B3

tetradic

#B35757 #85B357 #57B3B3 #8557B3

square

#B35757 #85B357 #57B3B3 #8557B3

split-complementary

#B35757 #57B385 #5785B3

monochromatic

#632D2D #8D4040 #B35757 #C68181 #D9ABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B35757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B35757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35757

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35757	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.120 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8986',
    500: '#b35757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35757;
$custom-light: #ce8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56926,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35757

secondary

#9FC7C7

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35757

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

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