#B35A42#B35A42

#B35A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.122 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35A42
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 34.06, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 45.59, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0984 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.122 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2319, 17.2920, 7.2675)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35A42 #429BB3

analogous

#B34263 #B35A42 #B39242

triadic

#B35A42 #42B35A #5A42B3

tetradic

#B35A42 #63B342 #429BB3 #9242B3

square

#B35A42 #63B342 #429BB3 #9242B3

split-complementary

#B35A42 #42B392 #4263B3

monochromatic

#5A2D21 #864432 #B35A42 #C87E6A #D9A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B35A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B35A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35A42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35A42	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)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.122 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8a77',
    500: '#b35a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35a42;
$custom-light: #cf8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.743,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56998,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35A42

secondary

#8CB8C4

accent

#BAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35A42

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

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