#B35856#B35856

#B35856 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.119 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35856
RGB	rgb(179, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 36.71, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 41.11, 26.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1096 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.119 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7616, 17.2376, 10.8781)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35856 #56B1B3

analogous

#B35683 #B35856 #B38756

triadic

#B35856 #56B358 #5856B3

tetradic

#B35856 #83B356 #56B1B3 #8756B3

square

#B35856 #83B356 #56B1B3 #8756B3

split-complementary

#B35856 #56B387 #5683B3

monochromatic

#622D2C #8D413F #B35856 #C68280 #D9ABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B35856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B35856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35856

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35856	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.119 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8985',
    500: '#b35856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35856;
$custom-light: #ce8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.29,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57059,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35856

secondary

#9EC6C7

accent

#CBCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35856

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

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