#B3422A#B3422A

#B3422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.152 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3422A
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 44.63, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 58.66, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1266 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.152 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9588, 13.6503, 3.7212)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3422A #2A9BB3

analogous

#B32A56 #B3422A #B3862A

triadic

#B3422A #2AB342 #422AB3

tetradic

#B3422A #56B32A #2A9BB3 #862AB3

square

#B3422A #56B32A #2A9BB3 #862AB3

split-complementary

#B3422A #2AB386 #2A56B3

monochromatic

#501D13 #81301E #B3422A #D45F46 #DF8A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B3422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B3422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3422A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3422A	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5253D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.152 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27b65',
    500: '#b3422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3422a;
$custom-light: #d27b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.511,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53186,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3422A

secondary

#72B8C7

accent

#C9E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3422A

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

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