#B3482A#B3482A

#B3482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.146 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3482A
RGB	rgb(179, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 41.83, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 57.32, 43.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1179 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.146 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3279, 14.3885, 3.8442)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3482A #2A95B3

analogous

#B32A50 #B3482A #B38C2A

triadic

#B3482A #2AB348 #482AB3

tetradic

#B3482A #50B32A #2A95B3 #8C2AB3

square

#B3482A #50B32A #2A95B3 #8C2AB3

split-complementary

#B3482A #2AB38C #2A50B3

monochromatic

#502013 #81341E #B3482A #D46546 #DF8F78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B3482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B3482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3482A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3482A	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.146 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17f65',
    500: '#b3482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3482a;
$custom-light: #d17f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.139,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53984,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3482A

secondary

#72B4C7

accent

#C2E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3482A

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

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