#B34524#B34524

#B34524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.151 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34524
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 43.02, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 59.91, 44.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1205 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.151 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0393, 13.9703, 3.2574)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34524 #2492B3

analogous

#B3244B #B34524 #B38D24

triadic

#B34524 #24B345 #4524B3

tetradic

#B34524 #4BB324 #2492B3 #8D24B3

square

#B34524 #4BB324 #2492B3 #8D24B3

split-complementary

#B34524 #24B38D #244BB3

monochromatic

#4D1E10 #80311A #B34524 #D8603C #E28A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B34524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B34524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34524

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34524	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)

#64591F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.151 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d61',
    500: '#b34524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34524;
$custom-light: #d27d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53517,
    "c": 0.15066,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34524

secondary

#6AB3C9

accent

#C2E93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34524

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

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