#B34436#B34436

#B34436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.147 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34436
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 44.28, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 54.56, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1279 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.147 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3256, 13.9872, 5.0662)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34436 #36A5B3

analogous

#B33666 #B34436 #B38236

triadic

#B34436 #36B344 #4436B3

tetradic

#B34436 #66B336 #36A5B3 #8236B3

square

#B34436 #66B336 #36A5B3 #8236B3

split-complementary

#B34436 #36B382 #3666B3

monochromatic

#55201A #843228 #B34436 #CD6659 #DB9288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B34436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B34436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34436

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34436	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.147 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d6d',
    500: '#b34436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34436;
$custom-light: #d17d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.72,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53599,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34436

secondary

#80BDC5

accent

#CDDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34436

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

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