#B34848#B34848

#B34848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.140 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34848
RGB	rgb(179, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 43.55, 22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 49.00, 27.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.129 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.14 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0795, 14.6891, 7.8022)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34848 #48B3B3

analogous

#B3487E #B34848 #B37E48

triadic

#B34848 #48B348 #4848B3

tetradic

#B34848 #7EB348 #48B3B3 #7E48B3

square

#B34848 #7EB348 #48B3B3 #7E48B3

split-complementary

#B34848 #48B37E #487EB3

monochromatic

#5C2525 #873636 #B34848 #C67272 #D89E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B34848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B34848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34848

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34848	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.140 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f7b',
    500: '#b34848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34848;
$custom-light: #cf7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54437,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34848

secondary

#92C4C4

accent

#D2D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34848

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

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