#B35C59#B35C59

#B35C59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.114 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35C59
RGB	rgb(179, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 34.89, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 39.23, 27.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1043 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.114 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2224, 17.9618, 11.6406)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35C59 #59B0B3

analogous

#B35983 #B35C59 #B38959

triadic

#B35C59 #59B35C #5C59B3

tetradic

#B35C59 #83B359 #59B0B3 #8959B3

square

#B35C59 #83B359 #59B0B3 #8959B3

split-complementary

#B35C59 #59B389 #5983B3

monochromatic

#64302E #8E4441 #B35C59 #C68583 #D9AEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B35C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B35C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35C59

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35C59	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.114 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8c87',
    500: '#b35c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35c59;
$custom-light: #ce8c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57756,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35C59

secondary

#A0C6C7

accent

#C9CD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35C59

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

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