#B3494E#B3494E

#B3494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.138 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3494E
RGB	rgb(179, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 43.53, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 47.59, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1299 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.138 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3500, 14.9016, 8.9056)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3494E #49B3AE

analogous

#B34983 #B3494E #B37949

triadic

#B3494E #4EB349 #494EB3

tetradic

#B3494E #83B349 #49B3AE #7949B3

square

#B3494E #83B349 #49B3AE #7949B3

split-complementary

#B3494E #49B379 #4983B3

monochromatic

#5C2628 #88373B #B3494E #C67377 #D89FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B3494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B3494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3494E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3494E	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.138 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf807f',
    500: '#b3494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3494e;
$custom-light: #cf807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.17,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3494E

secondary

#93C4C2

accent

#D2CC56

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3494E

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

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