#B3223E#B3223E

#B3223E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.179 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3223E
RGB	rgb(179, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 57.42, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 61.32, 20.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1712 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.179 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0341, 11.0787, 5.6400)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3223E #22B397

analogous

#B32287 #B3223E #B34F22

triadic

#B3223E #3EB322 #223EB3

tetradic

#B3223E #87B322 #22B397 #4F22B3

square

#B3223E #87B322 #22B397 #4F22B3

split-complementary

#B3223E #22B34F #2287B3

monochromatic

#4C0E1A #80182C #B3223E #D93958 #E36C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#B3223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B3223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3223E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3223E	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.179 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d73',
    500: '#b3223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3223e;
$custom-light: #d26d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.414,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50279,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3223E

secondary

#68C9B6

accent

#EBC93D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3223E

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

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