#B35950#B35950

#B35950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.119 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35950
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 35.66, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 42.00, 31.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1056 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.119 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6126, 17.3103, 9.6856)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35950 #50AAB3

analogous

#B35078 #B35950 #B38A50

triadic

#B35950 #50B359 #5950B3

tetradic

#B35950 #78B350 #50AAB3 #8A50B3

square

#B35950 #78B350 #50AAB3 #8A50B3

split-complementary

#B35950 #50B38A #5078B3

monochromatic

#5F2E29 #8A433C #B35950 #C6817B #D8AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B35950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B35950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35950

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35950	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.119 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8a81',
    500: '#b35950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35950;
$custom-light: #ce8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35950

secondary

#99C1C5

accent

#C5CF58

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35950

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

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