#B34423#B34423

#B34423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.152 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34423
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 43.45, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 60.44, 44.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1216 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.152 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9632, 13.8423, 3.1578)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34423 #2392B3

analogous

#B3234A #B34423 #B38C23

triadic

#B34423 #23B344 #4423B3

tetradic

#B34423 #4AB323 #2392B3 #8C23B3

square

#B34423 #4AB323 #2392B3 #8C23B3

split-complementary

#B34423 #23B38C #234AB3

monochromatic

#4D1D0F #803119 #B34423 #D95F3B #E3896E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B34423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B34423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34423

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34423	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)

#63581E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5283D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.152 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c60',
    500: '#b34423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34423;
$custom-light: #d27c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.75,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53375,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34423

secondary

#69B3C9

accent

#C3EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34423

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

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