#B34424#B34424

#B34424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.152 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34424
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 36)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 43.48, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 60.12, 43.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1219 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.152 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9783, 13.8483, 3.2371)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34424 #2493B3

analogous

#B3244B #B34424 #B38C24

triadic

#B34424 #24B344 #4424B3

tetradic

#B34424 #4BB324 #2493B3 #8C24B3

square

#B34424 #4BB324 #2493B3 #8C24B3

split-complementary

#B34424 #24B38C #244BB3

monochromatic

#4D1D10 #80311A #B34424 #D85F3C #E2896F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B34424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B34424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34424

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34424	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)

#63591F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.152 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c61',
    500: '#b34424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34424;
$custom-light: #d27c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.427,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53384,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34424

secondary

#6AB4C9

accent

#C3E93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34424

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

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