#B34236#B34236

#B34236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.149 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34236
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 45.19, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 55.08, 34.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1307 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.15 29)
XYZ	xyz(21.2067, 13.7494, 5.0265)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34236 #36A7B3

analogous

#B33668 #B34236 #B38036

triadic

#B34236 #36B342 #4236B3

tetradic

#B34236 #68B336 #36A7B3 #8036B3

square

#B34236 #68B336 #36A7B3 #8036B3

split-complementary

#B34236 #36B380 #3668B3

monochromatic

#551F1A #843128 #B34236 #CD6459 #DB9088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B34236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B34236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34236

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34236	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)

#615834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.149 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17b6d',
    500: '#b34236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34236;
$custom-light: #d17b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.76,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5334,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.13746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34236

secondary

#80BEC5

accent

#CFDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34236

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

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