#B34636#B34636

#B34636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.145 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34636
RGB	rgb(179, 70, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 43.35, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 54.06, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1249 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.145 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4486, 14.2333, 5.1072)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34636 #36A3B3

analogous

#B33664 #B34636 #B38436

triadic

#B34636 #36B346 #4636B3

tetradic

#B34636 #64B336 #36A3B3 #8436B3

square

#B34636 #64B336 #36A3B3 #8436B3

split-complementary

#B34636 #36B384 #3664B3

monochromatic

#55211A #843428 #B34636 #CD6859 #DB9388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B34636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B34636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34636

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34636	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 70, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.145 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e6d',
    500: '#b34636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34636;
$custom-light: #d17e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.68,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53864,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34636

secondary

#80BCC5

accent

#CADD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34636

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

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