#B34638#B34638

#B34638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.145 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34638
RGB	rgb(179, 70, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 43.46, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 53.48, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1257 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.145 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4965, 14.2524, 5.3596)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34638 #38A5B3

analogous

#B33867 #B34638 #B38338

triadic

#B34638 #38B346 #4638B3

tetradic

#B34638 #67B338 #38A5B3 #8338B3

square

#B34638 #67B338 #38A5B3 #8338B3

split-complementary

#B34638 #38B383 #3867B3

monochromatic

#56221B #843429 #B34638 #CC695C #DB948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B34638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B34638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34638

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34638	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)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 70, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.145 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07e6f',
    500: '#b34638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34638;
$custom-light: #d07e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.829,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53893,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34638

secondary

#82BDC5

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34638

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

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