#B35E49#B35E49

#B35E49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.115 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35E49
RGB	rgb(179, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 32.45, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 42.52, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.0946 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.115 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7976, 18.0727, 8.5372)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35E49 #499EB3

analogous

#B34969 #B35E49 #B39349

triadic

#B35E49 #49B35E #5E49B3

tetradic

#B35E49 #69B349 #499EB3 #9349B3

square

#B35E49 #69B349 #499EB3 #9349B3

split-complementary

#B35E49 #49B393 #4969B3

monochromatic

#5C3026 #884737 #B35E49 #C68473 #D8AA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B35E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B35E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B35E49

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B35E49	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.115 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8d7c',
    500: '#b35e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35e49;
$custom-light: #ce8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.887,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57764,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35E49

secondary

#93BBC4

accent

#B9D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35E49

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

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