#B35959#B35959

#B35959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.117 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35959
RGB	rgb(179, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 36.47, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 40.27, 25.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1092 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.117 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9676, 17.4523, 11.5557)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35959 #59B3B3

analogous

#B35986 #B35959 #B38659

triadic

#B35959 #59B359 #5959B3

tetradic

#B35959 #86B359 #59B3B3 #8659B3

square

#B35959 #86B359 #59B3B3 #8659B3

split-complementary

#B35959 #59B386 #5986B3

monochromatic

#642E2E #8E4141 #B35959 #C68383 #D9ADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B35959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B35959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35959

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35959	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.117 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8a87',
    500: '#b35959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35959;
$custom-light: #ce8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57281,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35959

secondary

#A0C7C7

accent

#CDCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35959

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

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