#B3472A#B3472A

#B3472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.147 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3472A
RGB	rgb(179, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 42.31, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 57.54, 42.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1194 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.147 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2638, 14.2603, 3.8228)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3472A #2A96B3

analogous

#B32A51 #B3472A #B38B2A

triadic

#B3472A #2AB347 #472AB3

tetradic

#B3472A #51B32A #2A96B3 #8B2AB3

square

#B3472A #51B32A #2A96B3 #8B2AB3

split-complementary

#B3472A #2AB38B #2A51B3

monochromatic

#502013 #81331E #B3472A #D46446 #DF8E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B3472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B3472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3472A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3472A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.147 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e65',
    500: '#b3472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3472a;
$custom-light: #d17e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.701,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53847,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3472A

secondary

#72B5C7

accent

#C3E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3472A

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

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