#B34545#B34545

#B34545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.144 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34545
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 44.74, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 50.54, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1322 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.144 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7947, 14.2725, 7.2362)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34545 #45B3B3

analogous

#B3457C #B34545 #B37C45

triadic

#B34545 #45B345 #4545B3

tetradic

#B34545 #7CB345 #45B3B3 #7C45B3

square

#B34545 #7CB345 #45B3B3 #7C45B3

split-complementary

#B34545 #45B37C #457CB3

monochromatic

#5B2323 #873434 #B34545 #C76E6E #D89A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B34545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B34545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34545

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34545	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.144 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d78',
    500: '#b34545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34545;
$custom-light: #d07d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5398,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34545

secondary

#8FC4C4

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34545

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

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