#B3272D#B3272D

#B3272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3272D
RGB	rgb(179, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.96, 55.15, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.96, 63.89, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1602 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.176 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7919, 11.2273, 3.6071)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3272D #27B3AD

analogous

#B32773 #B3272D #B36727

triadic

#B3272D #2DB327 #272DB3

tetradic

#B3272D #73B327 #27B3AD #6727B3

square

#B3272D #73B327 #27B3AD #6727B3

split-complementary

#B3272D #27B367 #2773B3

monochromatic

#4E1114 #811C20 #B3272D #D64148 #E17478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B3272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B3272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3272D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3272D	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)

#524B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36e66',
    500: '#b3272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3272d;
$custom-light: #d36e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50378,
    "c": 0.1758,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3272D

secondary

#6EC8C4

accent

#E7E041

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3272D

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

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