#B32819#B32819

#B32819 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.177 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32819
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 54.20, 43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 69.27, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1532 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.177 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5271, 11.1746, 2.0483)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32819 #19A4B3

analogous

#B31957 #B32819 #B37519

triadic

#B32819 #19B328 #2819B3

tetradic

#B32819 #57B319 #19A4B3 #7519B3

square

#B32819 #57B319 #19A4B3 #7519B3

split-complementary

#B32819 #19B375 #1957B3

monochromatic

#48100A #7D1C12 #B32819 #E13A28 #E86B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B32819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B32819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32819

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32819	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)

#544A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.177 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e58',
    500: '#b32819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32819;
$custom-light: #d46e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.844,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5025,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32819

secondary

#5BC1CC

accent

#E0F236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32819

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

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