#B35957#B35957

#B35957 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.118 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35957
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 36.28, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 40.60, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1084 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.118 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8848, 17.4192, 11.1194)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35957 #57B1B3

analogous

#B35783 #B35957 #B38757

triadic

#B35957 #57B359 #5957B3

tetradic

#B35957 #83B357 #57B1B3 #8757B3

square

#B35957 #83B357 #57B1B3 #8757B3

split-complementary

#B35957 #57B387 #5783B3

monochromatic

#632E2D #8D4140 #B35957 #C68381 #D9ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B35957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#B35957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35957

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35957	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.118 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8a86',
    500: '#b35957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35957;
$custom-light: #ce8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57237,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35957

secondary

#9FC6C7

accent

#CBCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35957

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

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