#B31A1A#B31A1A

#B31A1A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.186 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B31A1A
RGB	rgb(179, 26, 26)
HSL	hsl(0, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.55, 57.98, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.55, 71.30, 35.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1652 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.186 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1487, 10.4003, 1.9763)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B31A1A #1AB3B3

analogous

#B31A66 #B31A1A #B3661A

triadic

#B31A1A #1AB31A #1A1AB3

tetradic

#B31A1A #66B31A #1AB3B3 #661AB3

square

#B31A1A #66B31A #1AB3B3 #661AB3

split-complementary

#B31A1A #1AB366 #1A66B3

monochromatic

#480A0A #7E1212 #B31A1A #E02A2A #E86060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#B31A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#B31A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B31A1A

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B31A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B31A1A	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b31a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 26, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.186 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46958',
    500: '#b31a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b31a1a;
$custom-light: #d46958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b31a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49271,
    "c": 0.18636,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B31A1A

secondary

#5DCCCC

accent

#F1F137

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160703

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B31A1A

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

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