#B34736#B34736

#B34736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.144 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34736
RGB	rgb(179, 71, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 42.88, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 53.81, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.1235 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.144 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5117, 14.3594, 5.1282)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34736 #36A2B3

analogous

#B33663 #B34736 #B38536

triadic

#B34736 #36B347 #4736B3

tetradic

#B34736 #63B336 #36A2B3 #8536B3

square

#B34736 #63B336 #36A2B3 #8536B3

split-complementary

#B34736 #36B385 #3663B3

monochromatic

#55221A #843428 #B34736 #CD6959 #DB9488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B34736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B34736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34736

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34736	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 71, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.144 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e6d',
    500: '#b34736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34736;
$custom-light: #d17e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53998,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34736

secondary

#80BCC5

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34736

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

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