#B3472B#B3472B

#B3472B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.147 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3472B
RGB	rgb(179, 71, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 42.35, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 57.22, 42.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1197 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.147 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2819, 14.2675, 3.9183)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3472B #2B97B3

analogous

#B32B53 #B3472B #B38B2B

triadic

#B3472B #2BB347 #472BB3

tetradic

#B3472B #53B32B #2B97B3 #8B2BB3

square

#B3472B #53B32B #2B97B3 #8B2BB3

split-complementary

#B3472B #2BB38B #2B53B3

monochromatic

#502013 #82331F #B3472B #D36548 #DF8E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B3472B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B3472B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3472B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3472B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3472B	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)

#655B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3472b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 71, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.147 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17e66',
    500: '#b3472b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3472b;
$custom-light: #d17e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3472b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53859,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3472B

secondary

#73B6C7

accent

#C3E443

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3472B

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

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