#B34740#B34740

#B34740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.142 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34740
RGB	rgb(179, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 43.47, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 51.09, 31.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1273 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.142 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7711, 14.4632, 6.4947)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34740 #40ACB3

analogous

#B34073 #B34740 #B38040

triadic

#B34740 #40B347 #4740B3

tetradic

#B34740 #73B340 #40ACB3 #8040B3

square

#B34740 #73B340 #40ACB3 #8040B3

split-complementary

#B34740 #40B380 #4073B3

monochromatic

#592320 #863530 #B34740 #C96D67 #D99994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B34740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B34740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34740

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34740	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.142 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f75',
    500: '#b34740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34740;
$custom-light: #d07f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54155,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34740

secondary

#8AC1C4

accent

#CFD751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34740

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

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