#B34A42#B34A42

#B34A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.139 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34A42
RGB	rgb(179, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 42.17, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 49.74, 32.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1236 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.139 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.0246, 14.8774, 6.8650)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34A42 #42ABB3

analogous

#B34272 #B34A42 #B38242

triadic

#B34A42 #42B34A #4A42B3

tetradic

#B34A42 #72B342 #42ABB3 #8242B3

square

#B34A42 #72B342 #42ABB3 #8242B3

split-complementary

#B34A42 #42B382 #4272B3

monochromatic

#5A2521 #863832 #B34A42 #C8716A #D99B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B34A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B34A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34A42

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34A42	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.139 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08076',
    500: '#b34a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34a42;
$custom-light: #d08076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.248,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.546,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34A42

secondary

#8CC0C4

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34A42

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

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