#B34F55#B34F55

#B34F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.130 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34F55
RGB	rgb(179, 79, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 41.20, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 44.45, 22.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1235 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.13 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0279, 15.8342, 10.4362)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34F55 #4FB3AD

analogous

#B34F87 #B34F55 #B37B4F

triadic

#B34F55 #55B34F #4F55B3

tetradic

#B34F55 #87B34F #4FB3AD #7B4FB3

square

#B34F55 #87B34F #4FB3AD #7B4FB3

split-complementary

#B34F55 #4FB37B #4F87B3

monochromatic

#5F292C #893B40 #B34F55 #C57A7E #D8A4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B34F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B34F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34F55

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34F55	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 79, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.130 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8484',
    500: '#b34f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34f55;
$custom-light: #ce8484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55689,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34F55

secondary

#99C5C2

accent

#D0C858

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34F55

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

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