#B34427#B34427

#B34427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.151 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34427
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 39)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 43.59, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 59.16, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1228 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.151 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0260, 13.8674, 3.4886)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34427 #2796B3

analogous

#B32750 #B34427 #B38A27

triadic

#B34427 #27B344 #4427B3

tetradic

#B34427 #50B327 #2796B3 #8A27B3

square

#B34427 #50B327 #2796B3 #8A27B3

split-complementary

#B34427 #27B38A #2750B3

monochromatic

#4E1E11 #81311C #B34427 #D66041 #E18A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B34427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B34427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34427

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34427	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)

#635923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.151 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c63',
    500: '#b34427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34427;
$custom-light: #d27c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53414,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34427

secondary

#6EB5C8

accent

#C5E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34427

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

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