#B31C20#B31C20

#B31C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.185 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B31C20
RGB	rgb(179, 28, 32)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, 57.68, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 69.34, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.1654 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.185 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2688, 10.5217, 2.3826)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B31C20 #1CB3AF

analogous

#B31C6B #B31C20 #B3641C

triadic

#B31C20 #20B31C #1C20B3

tetradic

#B31C20 #6BB31C #1CB3AF #641CB3

square

#B31C20 #6BB31C #1CB3AF #641CB3

split-complementary

#B31C20 #1CB364 #1C6BB3

monochromatic

#490B0D #7E1417 #B31C20 #DE2E33 #E76366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#B31C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#B31C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B31C20

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B31C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B31C20	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F471E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b31c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 28, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.185 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46a5c',
    500: '#b31c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b31c20;
$custom-light: #d46a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b31c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.411,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49444,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B31C20

secondary

#5FCBC8

accent

#F0EB38

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160704

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B31C20

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

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