#B34521#B34521

#B34521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.151 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34521
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 42.92, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 60.86, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1196 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.151 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9953, 13.9527, 3.0261)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34521 #218FB3

analogous

#B32146 #B34521 #B38E21

triadic

#B34521 #21B345 #4521B3

tetradic

#B34521 #46B321 #218FB3 #8E21B3

square

#B34521 #46B321 #218FB3 #8E21B3

split-complementary

#B34521 #21B38E #2146B3

monochromatic

#4C1D0E #7F3117 #B34521 #DA5F37 #E4896B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B34521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B34521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34521

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34521	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.151 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d5f',
    500: '#b34521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34521;
$custom-light: #d27d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5349,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34521

secondary

#66B1CA

accent

#C0EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34521

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

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