#B34040#B34040

#B34040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.150 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34040
RGB	rgb(179, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 46.67, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 53.10, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1373 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.15 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3513, 13.6236, 6.3548)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34040 #40B3B3

analogous

#B34079 #B34040 #B37940

triadic

#B34040 #40B340 #4040B3

tetradic

#B34040 #79B340 #40B3B3 #7940B3

square

#B34040 #79B340 #40B3B3 #7940B3

split-complementary

#B34040 #40B379 #4079B3

monochromatic

#592020 #863030 #B34040 #C96767 #D99494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B34040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B34040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34040

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34040	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.150 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b75',
    500: '#b34040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34040;
$custom-light: #d07b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53251,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34040

secondary

#8AC4C4

accent

#D7D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34040

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

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