#B34231#B34231

#B34231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.151 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34231
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 44.94, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 56.52, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1289 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.151 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0952, 13.7048, 4.4396)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34231 #31A2B3

analogous

#B33161 #B34231 #B38331

triadic

#B34231 #31B342 #4231B3

tetradic

#B34231 #61B331 #31A2B3 #8331B3

square

#B34231 #61B331 #31A2B3 #8331B3

split-complementary

#B34231 #31B383 #3161B3

monochromatic

#531F17 #833024 #B34231 #D06252 #DD8E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B34231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B34231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34231

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34231	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.151 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17b6a',
    500: '#b34231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34231;
$custom-light: #d17b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.846,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53271,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34231

secondary

#7ABCC6

accent

#CCE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34231

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

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