#B34540#B34540

#B34540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.145 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34540
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 44.40, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 51.66, 30.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1302 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.145 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6460, 14.2130, 6.4530)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34540 #40AEB3

analogous

#B34074 #B34540 #B37F40

triadic

#B34540 #40B345 #4540B3

tetradic

#B34540 #74B340 #40AEB3 #7F40B3

square

#B34540 #74B340 #40AEB3 #7F40B3

split-complementary

#B34540 #40B37F #4074B3

monochromatic

#592220 #863430 #B34540 #C96C67 #D99794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#B34540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B34540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34540

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34540	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.145 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d75',
    500: '#b34540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34540;
$custom-light: #d07d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53889,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34540

secondary

#8AC2C4

accent

#D1D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34540

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

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