#B3422E#B3422E

#B3422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.151 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3422E
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 44.80, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 57.43, 38.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1279 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.151 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0340, 13.6803, 4.1172)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3422E #2E9FB3

analogous

#B32E5C #B3422E #B3852E

triadic

#B3422E #2EB342 #422EB3

tetradic

#B3422E #5CB32E #2E9FB3 #852EB3

square

#B3422E #5CB32E #2E9FB3 #852EB3

split-complementary

#B3422E #2EB385 #2E5CB3

monochromatic

#521E15 #823021 #B3422E #D1614D #DE8C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#B3422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B3422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3422E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3422E	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.151 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17b68',
    500: '#b3422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3422e;
$custom-light: #d17b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53233,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3422E

secondary

#76BAC6

accent

#CBE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3422E

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

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