#B34240#B34240

#B34240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.148 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34240
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 45.78, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 52.52, 29.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1345 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.148 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4661, 13.8532, 6.3931)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34240 #40B1B3

analogous

#B34078 #B34240 #B37B40

triadic

#B34240 #40B342 #4240B3

tetradic

#B34240 #78B340 #40B1B3 #7B40B3

square

#B34240 #78B340 #40B1B3 #7B40B3

split-complementary

#B34240 #40B37B #4078B3

monochromatic

#592120 #863130 #B34240 #C96967 #D99694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B34240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B34240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34240

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34240	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.148 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c75',
    500: '#b34240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34240;
$custom-light: #d07c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.043,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53502,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34240

secondary

#8AC3C4

accent

#D5D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34240

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

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