#B3462B#B3462B

#B3462B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.148 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3462B
RGB	rgb(179, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 42.82, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 57.44, 41.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1212 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.148 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2189, 14.1414, 3.8973)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3462B #2B98B3

analogous

#B32B54 #B3462B #B38A2B

triadic

#B3462B #2BB346 #462BB3

tetradic

#B3462B #54B32B #2B98B3 #8A2BB3

square

#B3462B #54B32B #2B98B3 #8A2BB3

split-complementary

#B3462B #2BB38A #2B54B3

monochromatic

#501F13 #82331F #B3462B #D36448 #DF8E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B3462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B3462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3462B

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3462B	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.148 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e66',
    500: '#b3462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3462b;
$custom-light: #d17e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53723,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3462B

secondary

#73B6C7

accent

#C4E443

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3462B

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

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