#B3493D#B3493D

#B3493D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.141 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3493D
RGB	rgb(179, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 42.33, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 51.31, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1231 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.141 29)
XYZ	xyz(21.8173, 14.6886, 6.1003)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3493D #3DA7B3

analogous

#B33D6C #B3493D #B3843D

triadic

#B3493D #3DB349 #493DB3

tetradic

#B3493D #6CB33D #3DA7B3 #843DB3

square

#B3493D #6CB33D #3DA7B3 #843DB3

split-complementary

#B3493D #3DB384 #3D6CB3

monochromatic

#58241E #85362D #B3493D #CA6E63 #D99891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B3493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B3493D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3493D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3493D	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.141 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08073',
    500: '#b3493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3493d;
$custom-light: #d08073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54378,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3493D

secondary

#87BEC5

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3493D

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

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