#B34A38#B34A38

#B34A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.141 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34A38
RGB	rgb(179, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 41.55, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 52.47, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1197 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.141 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7551, 14.7696, 5.4458)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34A38 #38A1B3

analogous

#B33864 #B34A38 #B38738

triadic

#B34A38 #38B34A #4A38B3

tetradic

#B34A38 #64B338 #38A1B3 #8738B3

square

#B34A38 #64B338 #38A1B3 #8738B3

split-complementary

#B34A38 #38B387 #3864B3

monochromatic

#56231B #843729 #B34A38 #CC6D5C #DB968B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B34A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B34A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34A38

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34A38	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.141 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0806f',
    500: '#b34a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34a38;
$custom-light: #d0806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5444,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34A38

secondary

#82BBC5

accent

#C7DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34A38

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

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