#B3523E#B3523E

#B3523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.131 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3523E
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 37.94, 30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 48.69, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1097 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.131 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4792, 15.9689, 6.4550)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3523E #3E9FB3

analogous

#B33E65 #B3523E #B38C3E

triadic

#B3523E #3EB352 #523EB3

tetradic

#B3523E #65B33E #3E9FB3 #8C3EB3

square

#B3523E #65B33E #3E9FB3 #8C3EB3

split-complementary

#B3523E #3EB38C #3E65B3

monochromatic

#58281F #863D2E #B3523E #CA7665 #D99E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B3523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B3523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3523E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3523E	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.131 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08574',
    500: '#b3523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3523e;
$custom-light: #d08574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.256,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55691,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3523E

secondary

#88BAC5

accent

#C1D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3523E

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

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