#B34342#B34342

#B34342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.146 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34342
RGB	rgb(179, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 45.45, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 51.78, 28.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1339 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.146 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5830, 13.9942, 6.7178)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34342 #42B2B3

analogous

#B34279 #B34342 #B37B42

triadic

#B34342 #42B343 #4342B3

tetradic

#B34342 #79B342 #42B2B3 #7B42B3

square

#B34342 #79B342 #42B2B3 #7B42B3

split-complementary

#B34342 #42B37B #4279B3

monochromatic

#5A2221 #863232 #B34342 #C86B6A #D99797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B34342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B34342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34342

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34342	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.146 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c76',
    500: '#b34342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34342;
$custom-light: #d07c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.531,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53665,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34342

secondary

#8CC4C4

accent

#D5D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34342

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

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