#B3261C#B3261C

#B3261C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.179 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3261C
RGB	rgb(179, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 54.89, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 68.79, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.1559 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.179 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4955, 11.0569, 2.2061)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3261C #1CA9B3

analogous

#B31C5D #B3261C #B3721C

triadic

#B3261C #1CB326 #261CB3

tetradic

#B3261C #5DB31C #1CA9B3 #721CB3

square

#B3261C #5DB31C #1CA9B3 #721CB3

split-complementary

#B3261C #1CB372 #1C5DB3

monochromatic

#49100B #7E1B14 #B3261C #DE3A2E #E76C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#B3261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#B3261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3261C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3261C	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.179 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46d5a',
    500: '#b3261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3261c;
$custom-light: #d46d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.974,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50111,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3261C

secondary

#5FC4CB

accent

#E3F038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3261C

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

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