#B34440#B34440

#B34440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.146 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34440
RGB	rgb(179, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 44.87, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 51.95, 30.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1317 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.146 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5850, 14.0910, 6.4327)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34440 #40AFB3

analogous

#B34075 #B34440 #B37D40

triadic

#B34440 #40B344 #4440B3

tetradic

#B34440 #75B340 #40AFB3 #7D40B3

square

#B34440 #75B340 #40AFB3 #7D40B3

split-complementary

#B34440 #40B37D #4075B3

monochromatic

#592220 #863330 #B34440 #C96B67 #D99794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B34440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B34440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34440

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34440	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.146 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d75',
    500: '#b34440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34440;
$custom-light: #d07d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.087,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53759,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34440

secondary

#8AC2C4

accent

#D2D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34440

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

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