#B34340#B34340

#B34340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.147 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34340
RGB	rgb(179, 67, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 45.32, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 52.23, 29.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1331 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.147 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5251, 13.9711, 6.4127)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34340 #40B0B3

analogous

#B34077 #B34340 #B37C40

triadic

#B34340 #40B343 #4340B3

tetradic

#B34340 #77B340 #40B0B3 #7C40B3

square

#B34340 #77B340 #40B0B3 #7C40B3

split-complementary

#B34340 #40B37C #4077B3

monochromatic

#592120 #863230 #B34340 #C96A67 #D99694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B34340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B34340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34340

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34340	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 67, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.147 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c75',
    500: '#b34340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34340;
$custom-light: #d07c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.565,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53629,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34340

secondary

#8AC3C4

accent

#D3D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34340

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

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