#B34C40#B34C40

#B34C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.137 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34C40
RGB	rgb(179, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 41.07, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 49.69, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1197 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.137 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.1023, 15.1256, 6.6051)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34C40 #40A7B3

analogous

#B3406D #B34C40 #B38640

triadic

#B34C40 #40B34C #4C40B3

tetradic

#B34C40 #6DB340 #40A7B3 #8640B3

square

#B34C40 #6DB340 #40A7B3 #8640B3

split-complementary

#B34C40 #40B386 #406DB3

monochromatic

#592620 #863930 #B34C40 #C97267 #D99C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B34C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B34C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34C40

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34C40	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.137 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08175',
    500: '#b34c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34c40;
$custom-light: #d08175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54846,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.15123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34C40

secondary

#8ABEC4

accent

#C9D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34C40

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

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