#B34438#B34438

#B34438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.147 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34438
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 44.39, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 54.00, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1286 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.147 29)
XYZ	xyz(21.3735, 14.0064, 5.3186)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34438 #38A7B3

analogous

#B33869 #B34438 #B38138

triadic

#B34438 #38B344 #4438B3

tetradic

#B34438 #69B338 #38A7B3 #8138B3

square

#B34438 #69B338 #38A7B3 #8138B3

split-complementary

#B34438 #38B381 #3869B3

monochromatic

#56211B #843229 #B34438 #CC675C #DB938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B34438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B34438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34438

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34438	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)

#625936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.147 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d6f',
    500: '#b34438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34438;
$custom-light: #d17d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53628,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34438

secondary

#82BEC5

accent

#CEDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34438

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

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