#B35E42#B35E42

#B35E42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.118 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35E42
RGB	rgb(179, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 31.94, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 44.74, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.0918 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.118 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5784, 17.9851, 7.3830)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35E42 #4297B3

analogous

#B3425F #B35E42 #B39642

triadic

#B35E42 #42B35E #5E42B3

tetradic

#B35E42 #5FB342 #4297B3 #9642B3

square

#B35E42 #5FB342 #4297B3 #9642B3

split-complementary

#B35E42 #42B396 #425FB3

monochromatic

#5A2F21 #864732 #B35E42 #C8816A #D9A797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B35E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B35E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35E42

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35E42	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.118 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d77',
    500: '#b35e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35e42;
$custom-light: #cf8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.867,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57648,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35E42

secondary

#8CB7C4

accent

#B5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35E42

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

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