#B32816#B32816

#B32816 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.178 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32816
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 54.13, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 70.10, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1525 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.178 31)
XYZ	xyz(19.4965, 11.1624, 1.8869)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32816 #16A1B3

analogous

#B31653 #B32816 #B37716

triadic

#B32816 #16B328 #2816B3

tetradic

#B32816 #53B316 #16A1B3 #7716B3

square

#B32816 #53B316 #16A1B3 #7716B3

split-complementary

#B32816 #16B377 #1653B3

monochromatic

#461009 #7C1C0F #B32816 #E43922 #EB6A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B32816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B32816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32816

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32816	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76690B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.178 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e57',
    500: '#b32816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32816;
$custom-light: #d46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.879,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50228,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.11159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32816

secondary

#57C0CE

accent

#DEF533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32816

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

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