#B34E38#B34E38

#B34E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.137 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34E38
RGB	rgb(179, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 39.59, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 51.49, 39.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1136 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.137 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0307, 15.3208, 5.5377)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34E38 #389DB3

analogous

#B3385F #B34E38 #B38B38

triadic

#B34E38 #38B34E #4E38B3

tetradic

#B34E38 #5FB338 #389DB3 #8B38B3

square

#B34E38 #5FB338 #389DB3 #8B38B3

split-complementary

#B34E38 #38B38B #385FB3

monochromatic

#56251B #843A29 #B34E38 #CC705C #DB998B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B34E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B34E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34E38

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34E38	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)

#695F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.137 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0836f',
    500: '#b34e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34e38;
$custom-light: #d0836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.732,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5501,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34E38

secondary

#82B9C5

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34E38

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

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