#B34A56#B34A56

#B34A56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.137 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34A56
RGB	rgb(179, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 43.73, 14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 46.17, 18.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1316 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.137 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7207, 15.1559, 10.5312)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34A56 #4AB3A7

analogous

#B34A8B #B34A56 #B3734A

triadic

#B34A56 #56B34A #4A56B3

tetradic

#B34A56 #8BB34A #4AB3A7 #734AB3

square

#B34A56 #8BB34A #4AB3A7 #734AB3

split-complementary

#B34A56 #4AB373 #4A8BB3

monochromatic

#5C262C #883841 #B34A56 #C6747E #D8A0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B34A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B34A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34A56

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34A56	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.137 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8185',
    500: '#b34a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34a56;
$custom-light: #cf8185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34A56

secondary

#94C4BF

accent

#D1C356

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34A56

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

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