#B34E4E#B34E4E

#B34E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.132 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34E4E
RGB	rgb(179, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 41.10, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 45.91, 26.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1222 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.132 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6918, 15.5853, 9.0195)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34E4E #4EB3B3

analogous

#B34E80 #B34E4E #B3804E

triadic

#B34E4E #4EB34E #4E4EB3

tetradic

#B34E4E #80B34E #4EB3B3 #804EB3

square

#B34E4E #80B34E #4EB3B3 #804EB3

split-complementary

#B34E4E #4EB380 #4E80B3

monochromatic

#5E2828 #893B3B #B34E4E #C57979 #D8A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B34E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B34E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34E4E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34E4E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F764C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.132 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf837f',
    500: '#b34e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34e4e;
$custom-light: #cf837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55393,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34E4E

secondary

#98C5C5

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34E4E

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

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