#B3272E#B3272E

#B3272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3272E
RGB	rgb(179, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 55.19, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 63.63, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1605 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.176 24)
XYZ	xyz(19.8114, 11.2351, 3.7097)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3272E #27B3AC

analogous

#B32774 #B3272E #B36627

triadic

#B3272E #2EB327 #272EB3

tetradic

#B3272E #74B327 #27B3AC #6627B3

square

#B3272E #74B327 #27B3AC #6627B3

split-complementary

#B3272E #27B366 #2774B3

monochromatic

#4E1114 #811C21 #B3272E #D64149 #E17479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B3272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B3272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3272E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3272E	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e67',
    500: '#b3272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3272e;
$custom-light: #d26e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50392,
    "c": 0.1757,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.11232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3272E

secondary

#6EC8C3

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3272E

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

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