#B32817#B32817

#B32817 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.178 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32817
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, 54.16, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 69.83, 39.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1527 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.178 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5063, 11.1663, 1.9387)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32817 #17A2B3

analogous

#B31754 #B32817 #B37617

triadic

#B32817 #17B328 #2817B3

tetradic

#B32817 #54B317 #17A2B3 #7617B3

square

#B32817 #54B317 #17A2B3 #7617B3

split-complementary

#B32817 #17B376 #1754B3

monochromatic

#471009 #7D1C10 #B32817 #E33924 #EA6A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B32817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B32817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32817

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32817	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)

#544A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76690D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.178 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e57',
    500: '#b32817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32817;
$custom-light: #d46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50235,
    "c": 0.17773,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32817

secondary

#58C1CD

accent

#DFF434

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32817

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

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