#B34538#B34538

#B34538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.146 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34538
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 43.93, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 53.74, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1271 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.146 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4345, 14.1284, 5.3390)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34538 #38A6B3

analogous

#B33869 #B34538 #B38238

triadic

#B34538 #38B345 #4538B3

tetradic

#B34538 #69B338 #38A6B3 #8238B3

square

#B34538 #69B338 #38A6B3 #8238B3

split-complementary

#B34538 #38B382 #3869B3

monochromatic

#56211B #843329 #B34538 #CC685C #DB938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B34538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B34538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34538

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34538	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.146 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d6f',
    500: '#b34538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34538;
$custom-light: #d17d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.341,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5376,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34538

secondary

#82BEC5

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34538

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

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