#B3423E#B3423E

#B3423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.148 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3423E
RGB	rgb(179, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 45.65, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 52.99, 30.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1337 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.148 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4102, 13.8308, 6.0987)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3423E #3EAFB3

analogous

#B33E75 #B3423E #B37C3E

triadic

#B3423E #3EB342 #423EB3

tetradic

#B3423E #75B33E #3EAFB3 #7C3EB3

square

#B3423E #75B33E #3EAFB3 #7C3EB3

split-complementary

#B3423E #3EB37C #3E75B3

monochromatic

#58201F #86312E #B3423E #CA6865 #D99592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B3423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B3423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3423E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3423E	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.148 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c73',
    500: '#b3423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3423e;
$custom-light: #d07c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.051,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53467,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3423E

secondary

#88C2C5

accent

#D3D850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3423E

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

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