#B34E34#B34E34

#B34E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.138 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34E34
RGB	rgb(179, 78, 52)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 39.37, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 52.75, 41.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1122 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.138 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9368, 15.2833, 5.0429)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34E34 #3499B3

analogous

#B3345A #B34E34 #B38D34

triadic

#B34E34 #34B34E #4E34B3

tetradic

#B34E34 #5AB334 #3499B3 #8D34B3

square

#B34E34 #5AB334 #3499B3 #8D34B3

split-complementary

#B34E34 #34B38D #345AB3

monochromatic

#542518 #843926 #B34E34 #CE6F56 #DC9786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B34E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B34E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34E34

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34E34	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 78, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.138 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0836c',
    500: '#b34e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34e34;
$custom-light: #d0836c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54955,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34E34

secondary

#7DB7C5

accent

#C0DE49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34E34

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

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