#B32829#B32829

#B32829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.175 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32829
RGB	rgb(179, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(360, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 54.68, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 64.75, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1578 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.175 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7518, 11.2645, 3.2317)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32829 #28B3B2

analogous

#B3286F #B32829 #B36C28

triadic

#B32829 #29B328 #2829B3

tetradic

#B32829 #6FB328 #28B3B2 #6C28B3

square

#B32829 #6FB328 #28B3B2 #6C28B3

split-complementary

#B32829 #28B36C #286FB3

monochromatic

#4F1212 #811D1E #B32829 #D54344 #E07576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#B32829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B32829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32829

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32829	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)

#534B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.175 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36e63',
    500: '#b32829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32829;
$custom-light: #d36e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50408,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32829

secondary

#6FC8C7

accent

#E6E541

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32829

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

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