#B32827#B32827

#B32827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32827
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 54.61, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 65.30, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1572 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.176 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7178, 11.2509, 3.0525)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32827 #27B2B3

analogous

#B3276C #B32827 #B36E27

triadic

#B32827 #27B328 #2827B3

tetradic

#B32827 #6CB327 #27B2B3 #6E27B3

square

#B32827 #6CB327 #27B2B3 #6E27B3

split-complementary

#B32827 #27B36E #276CB3

monochromatic

#4E1211 #811D1C #B32827 #D64341 #E17574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#B32827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B32827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32827

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32827	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36e62',
    500: '#b32827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32827;
$custom-light: #d36e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.429,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50384,
    "c": 0.17571,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32827

secondary

#6EC7C8

accent

#E6E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32827

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

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