#B32A18#B32A18

#B32A18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A18
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 53.54, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 69.18, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.151 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.176 31)
XYZ	xyz(19.5857, 11.3087, 2.0155)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A18 #18A1B3

analogous

#B31853 #B32A18 #B37818

triadic

#B32A18 #18B32A #2A18B3

tetradic

#B32A18 #53B318 #18A1B3 #7818B3

square

#B32A18 #53B318 #18A1B3 #7818B3

split-complementary

#B32A18 #18B378 #1853B3

monochromatic

#47110A #7D1D11 #B32A18 #E23C26 #E96D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B32A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B32A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A18

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A18	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)

#554B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77690E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f58',
    500: '#b32a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a18;
$custom-light: #d46f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.968,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50414,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.11306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A18

secondary

#5AC0CD

accent

#DDF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A18

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

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