#B31C18#B31C18

#B31C18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.185 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B31C18
RGB	rgb(179, 28, 24)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, 57.48, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 71.56, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% 0.1633 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.185 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1730, 10.4834, 1.8780)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B31C18 #18AFB3

analogous

#B31862 #B31C18 #B36918

triadic

#B31C18 #18B31C #1C18B3

tetradic

#B31C18 #62B318 #18AFB3 #6918B3

square

#B31C18 #62B318 #18AFB3 #6918B3

split-complementary

#B31C18 #18B369 #1862B3

monochromatic

#470B0A #7D1411 #B31C18 #E22B26 #E9605C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#B31C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#B31C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B31C18

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B31C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B31C18	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74670D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b31c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 28, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.185 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46a57',
    500: '#b31c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b31c18;
$custom-light: #d46a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b31c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49373,
    "c": 0.18545,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B31C18

secondary

#5ACACD

accent

#EEF335

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160703

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B31C18

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

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