#B32A17#B32A17

#B32A17 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A17
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 53.51, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 69.45, 39.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1507 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.176 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5755, 11.3047, 1.9617)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A17 #17A0B3

analogous

#B31752 #B32A17 #B37817

triadic

#B32A17 #17B32A #2A17B3

tetradic

#B32A17 #52B317 #17A0B3 #7817B3

square

#B32A17 #52B317 #17A0B3 #7817B3

split-complementary

#B32A17 #17B378 #1752B3

monochromatic

#471109 #7D1D10 #B32A17 #E33C24 #EA6C5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B32A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B32A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A17

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A17	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)

#554B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77690D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f57',
    500: '#b32a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a17;
$custom-light: #d46f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.308,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50406,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A17

secondary

#58BFCD

accent

#DCF434

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A17

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

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