#B34428#B34428

#B34428 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.151 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34428
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 40)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 43.63, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 58.84, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1231 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.151 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0428, 13.8741, 3.5770)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34428 #2897B3

analogous

#B32852 #B34428 #B38928

triadic

#B34428 #28B344 #4428B3

tetradic

#B34428 #52B328 #2897B3 #8928B3

square

#B34428 #52B328 #2897B3 #8928B3

split-complementary

#B34428 #28B389 #2852B3

monochromatic

#4F1E12 #81311D #B34428 #D56143 #E08B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B34428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B34428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34428

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34428	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.151 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c64',
    500: '#b34428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34428;
$custom-light: #d27c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53424,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34428

secondary

#6FB6C8

accent

#C5E641

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34428

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

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