#B32442#B32442

#B32442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.177 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32442
RGB	rgb(179, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 57.10, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 60.29, 18.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.171 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.177 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2068, 11.2419, 6.2591)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32442 #24B395

analogous

#B32489 #B32442 #B34E24

triadic

#B32442 #42B324 #2442B3

tetradic

#B32442 #89B324 #24B395 #4E24B3

square

#B32442 #89B324 #24B395 #4E24B3

split-complementary

#B32442 #24B34E #2489B3

monochromatic

#4D101C #801A2F #B32442 #D83C5D #E26F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B32442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B32442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32442

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32442	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.177 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e76',
    500: '#b32442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32442;
$custom-light: #d16e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.413,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50505,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32442

secondary

#6AC9B5

accent

#E9C63E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32442

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

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