#B34E35#B34E35

#B34E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.138 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34E35
RGB	rgb(179, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 39.43, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 52.43, 41.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1126 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.138 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9595, 15.2924, 5.1628)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34E35 #359AB3

analogous

#B3355B #B34E35 #B38D35

triadic

#B34E35 #35B34E #4E35B3

tetradic

#B34E35 #5BB335 #359AB3 #8D35B3

square

#B34E35 #5BB335 #359AB3 #8D35B3

split-complementary

#B34E35 #35B38D #355BB3

monochromatic

#552519 #843927 #B34E35 #CD6F58 #DB9887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B34E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B34E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34E35

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34E35	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.138 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0836d',
    500: '#b34e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34e35;
$custom-light: #d0836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54968,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34E35

secondary

#7FB7C5

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34E35

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

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