#B3272C#B3272C

#B3272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3272C
RGB	rgb(179, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 55.11, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 64.15, 30.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.1598 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.176 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7729, 11.2197, 3.5069)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3272C #27B3AE

analogous

#B32772 #B3272C #B36827

triadic

#B3272C #2CB327 #272CB3

tetradic

#B3272C #72B327 #27B3AE #6827B3

square

#B3272C #72B327 #27B3AE #6827B3

split-complementary

#B3272C #27B368 #2772B3

monochromatic

#4E1113 #811C20 #B3272C #D64147 #E17478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B3272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B3272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3272C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3272C	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36e65',
    500: '#b3272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3272c;
$custom-light: #d36e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50365,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3272C

secondary

#6EC8C5

accent

#E7E141

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3272C

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

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