#B34938#B34938

#B34938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.142 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34938
RGB	rgb(179, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 42.04, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 52.72, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1212 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.142 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6889, 14.6372, 5.4238)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34938 #38A2B3

analogous

#B33864 #B34938 #B38638

triadic

#B34938 #38B349 #4938B3

tetradic

#B34938 #64B338 #38A2B3 #8638B3

square

#B34938 #64B338 #38A2B3 #8638B3

split-complementary

#B34938 #38B386 #3864B3

monochromatic

#56231B #843629 #B34938 #CC6C5C #DB968B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B34938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B34938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34938

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34938	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.142 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0806f',
    500: '#b34938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34938;
$custom-light: #d0806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54301,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34938

secondary

#82BCC5

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34938

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

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