#B34C53#B34C53

#B34C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.134 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34C53
RGB	rgb(179, 76, 83)
HSL	hsl(356, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 42.50, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 45.80, 21.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1273 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.134 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7380, 15.3798, 9.9531)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34C53 #4CB3AC

analogous

#B34C87 #B34C53 #B3784C

triadic

#B34C53 #53B34C #4C53B3

tetradic

#B34C53 #87B34C #4CB3AC #784CB3

square

#B34C53 #87B34C #4CB3AC #784CB3

split-complementary

#B34C53 #4CB378 #4C87B3

monochromatic

#5D282B #883A3F #B34C53 #C5777C #D7A2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B34C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B34C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34C53

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34C53	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 76, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.134 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8283',
    500: '#b34c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34c53;
$custom-light: #cf8283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55218,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34C53

secondary

#96C4C1

accent

#D0C858

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34C53

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

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