#B34420#B34420

#B34420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.152 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34420
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 43.35, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 61.39, 45.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1208 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.153 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9206, 13.8252, 2.9331)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34420 #208FB3

analogous

#B32046 #B34420 #B38E20

triadic

#B34420 #20B344 #4420B3

tetradic

#B34420 #46B320 #208FB3 #8E20B3

square

#B34420 #46B320 #208FB3 #8E20B3

split-complementary

#B34420 #20B38E #2046B3

monochromatic

#4B1D0D #7F3017 #B34420 #DB5E35 #E48769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B34420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B34420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34420

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34420	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64581B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.152 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c5f',
    500: '#b34420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34420;
$custom-light: #d27c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53348,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34420

secondary

#65B1CA

accent

#C1EC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34420

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

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