#B34849#B34849

#B34849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.140 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34849
RGB	rgb(179, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 43.62, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 48.80, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1294 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.14 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1123, 14.7023, 7.9754)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34849 #48B3B2

analogous

#B3487F #B34849 #B37D48

triadic

#B34849 #49B348 #4849B3

tetradic

#B34849 #7FB348 #48B3B2 #7D48B3

square

#B34849 #7FB348 #48B3B2 #7D48B3

split-complementary

#B34849 #48B37D #487FB3

monochromatic

#5C2525 #873637 #B34849 #C67273 #D89E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B34849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B34849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34849

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34849	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)

#625D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.140 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f7b',
    500: '#b34849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34849;
$custom-light: #cf7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.439,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54457,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34849

secondary

#92C4C4

accent

#D2D155

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34849

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

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