#B32818#B32818

#B32818 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.178 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32818
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 54.18, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 69.55, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.153 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.178 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5165, 11.1704, 1.9925)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32818 #18A3B3

analogous

#B31855 #B32818 #B37618

triadic

#B32818 #18B328 #2818B3

tetradic

#B32818 #55B318 #18A3B3 #7618B3

square

#B32818 #55B318 #18A3B3 #7618B3

split-complementary

#B32818 #18B376 #1855B3

monochromatic

#47100A #7D1C11 #B32818 #E23A26 #E96B5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B32818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B32818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32818

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32818	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76690E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.178 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e58',
    500: '#b32818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32818;
$custom-light: #d46e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50242,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32818

secondary

#5AC1CD

accent

#DFF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32818

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

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