#B34838#B34838

#B34838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.143 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34838
RGB	rgb(179, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 42.51, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 52.97, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1227 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.143 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6237, 14.5068, 5.4020)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34838 #38A3B3

analogous

#B33865 #B34838 #B38538

triadic

#B34838 #38B348 #4838B3

tetradic

#B34838 #65B338 #38A3B3 #8538B3

square

#B34838 #65B338 #38A3B3 #8538B3

split-complementary

#B34838 #38B385 #3865B3

monochromatic

#56221B #843529 #B34838 #CC6B5C #DB958B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B34838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B34838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34838

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34838	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.143 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f6f',
    500: '#b34838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34838;
$custom-light: #d07f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54163,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34838

secondary

#82BCC5

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34838

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

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