#B35759#B35759

#B35759 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.120 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35759
RGB	rgb(179, 87, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 37.51, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 40.99, 23.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1125 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.12 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8035, 17.1239, 11.5010)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35759 #57B3B1

analogous

#B35787 #B35759 #B38357

triadic

#B35759 #59B357 #5759B3

tetradic

#B35759 #87B357 #57B3B1 #8357B3

square

#B35759 #87B357 #57B3B1 #8357B3

split-complementary

#B35759 #57B383 #5787B3

monochromatic

#632D2E #8D4041 #B35759 #C68183 #D9ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B35759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B35759 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35759

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35759	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)

#6C6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 87, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.120 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8987',
    500: '#b35759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35759;
$custom-light: #ce8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56971,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35759

secondary

#9FC7C6

accent

#CECB5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35759

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

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