#B34837#B34837

#B34837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.143 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34837
RGB	rgb(179, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 42.46, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 53.26, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1224 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.143 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5995, 14.4972, 5.2745)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34837 #37A2B3

analogous

#B33764 #B34837 #B38637

triadic

#B34837 #37B348 #4837B3

tetradic

#B34837 #64B337 #37A2B3 #8637B3

square

#B34837 #64B337 #37A2B3 #8637B3

split-complementary

#B34837 #37B386 #3764B3

monochromatic

#55221A #843529 #B34837 #CD6A5B #DB958A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B34837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B34837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34837

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34837	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.143 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f6e',
    500: '#b34837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34837;
$custom-light: #d07f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.226,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54149,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34837

secondary

#81BCC5

accent

#C9DC4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34837

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

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