#B34523#B34523

#B34523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.151 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34523
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 42.98, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 60.22, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1202 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.151 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0242, 13.9643, 3.1781)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34523 #2391B3

analogous

#B32349 #B34523 #B38D23

triadic

#B34523 #23B345 #4523B3

tetradic

#B34523 #49B323 #2391B3 #8D23B3

square

#B34523 #49B323 #2391B3 #8D23B3

split-complementary

#B34523 #23B38D #2349B3

monochromatic

#4D1E0F #803119 #B34523 #D9603B #E3896E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B34523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B34523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34523

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34523	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)

#64591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.151 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d60',
    500: '#b34523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34523;
$custom-light: #d27d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53508,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34523

secondary

#69B2C9

accent

#C1EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34523

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

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