#B34429#B34429

#B34429 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.150 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34429
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 41)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 43.67, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 58.53, 41.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1234 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.15 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0600, 13.8810, 3.6677)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34429 #2998B3

analogous

#B32953 #B34429 #B38929

triadic

#B34429 #29B344 #4429B3

tetradic

#B34429 #53B329 #2998B3 #8929B3

square

#B34429 #53B329 #2998B3 #8929B3

split-complementary

#B34429 #29B389 #2953B3

monochromatic

#4F1E12 #81311E #B34429 #D46145 #E08B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B34429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B34429 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34429

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34429	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.150 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c64',
    500: '#b34429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34429;
$custom-light: #d17c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53435,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34429

secondary

#70B6C7

accent

#C6E642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34429

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

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