#B34243#B34243

#B34243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.147 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34243
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 45.97, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 51.87, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1357 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.147 23)
XYZ	xyz(21.5538, 13.8883, 6.8548)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34243 #42B3B2

analogous

#B3427B #B34243 #B37942

triadic

#B34243 #43B342 #4243B3

tetradic

#B34243 #7BB342 #42B3B2 #7942B3

square

#B34243 #7BB342 #42B3B2 #7942B3

split-complementary

#B34243 #42B379 #427BB3

monochromatic

#5A2122 #863232 #B34243 #C86A6B #D99797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B34243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B34243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34243

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34243	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.147 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c77',
    500: '#b34243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34243;
$custom-light: #d07c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.469,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53556,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34243

secondary

#8CC4C4

accent

#D6D552

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34243

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

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