#B34959#B34959

#B34959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.138 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34959
RGB	rgb(179, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(351, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 44.48, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 46.29, 16.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1343 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.138 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7779, 15.0728, 11.1591)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34959 #49B3A3

analogous

#B3498E #B34959 #B36E49

triadic

#B34959 #59B349 #4959B3

tetradic

#B34959 #8EB349 #49B3A3 #6E49B3

square

#B34959 #8EB349 #49B3A3 #6E49B3

split-complementary

#B34959 #49B36E #498EB3

monochromatic

#5C262E #883743 #B34959 #C67380 #D89FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B34959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B34959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34959

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34959	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.138 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8087',
    500: '#b34959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34959;
$custom-light: #ce8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.943,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54948,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34959

secondary

#93C4BD

accent

#D2BF56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34959

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

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