#B32A16#B32A16

#B32A16 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A16
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.08, 53.49, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.08, 69.73, 39.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.1505 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.176 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5656, 11.3007, 1.9100)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A16 #169FB3

analogous

#B31651 #B32A16 #B37816

triadic

#B32A16 #16B32A #2A16B3

tetradic

#B32A16 #51B316 #169FB3 #7816B3

square

#B32A16 #51B316 #169FB3 #7816B3

split-complementary

#B32A16 #16B378 #1651B3

monochromatic

#461009 #7C1D0F #B32A16 #E43B22 #EB6B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B32A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B32A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A16

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A16	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77690B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f57',
    500: '#b32a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a16;
$custom-light: #d46f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.643,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.504,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A16

secondary

#57BFCE

accent

#DCF533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A16

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

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