#B34140#B34140

#B34140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.149 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34140
RGB	rgb(179, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 46.23, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 52.81, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1359 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.149 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4082, 13.7374, 6.3738)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34140 #40B2B3

analogous

#B34078 #B34140 #B37B40

triadic

#B34140 #40B341 #4140B3

tetradic

#B34140 #78B340 #40B2B3 #7B40B3

square

#B34140 #78B340 #40B2B3 #7B40B3

split-complementary

#B34140 #40B37B #4078B3

monochromatic

#592020 #863130 #B34140 #C96867 #D99594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B34140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B34140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34140

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34140	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.149 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b75',
    500: '#b34140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34140;
$custom-light: #d07b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.522,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53376,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34140

secondary

#8AC4C4

accent

#D6D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34140

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

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