#B3524A#B3524A

#B3524A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.128 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3524A
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 38.79, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 45.48, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1144 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.128 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8456, 16.1154, 8.3848)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3524A #4AABB3

analogous

#B34A77 #B3524A #B3864A

triadic

#B3524A #4AB352 #524AB3

tetradic

#B3524A #77B34A #4AABB3 #864AB3

square

#B3524A #77B34A #4AABB3 #864AB3

split-complementary

#B3524A #4AB386 #4A77B3

monochromatic

#5C2A26 #883E38 #B3524A #C67B74 #D8A4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B3524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B3524A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3524A

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3524A	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.128 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf857c',
    500: '#b3524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3524a;
$custom-light: #cf857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.571,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55899,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3524A

secondary

#94C1C4

accent

#C8D156

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3524A

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

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