#B32A20#B32A20

#B32A20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.175 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A20
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 53.74, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 66.89, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.153 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.175 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6815, 11.3471, 2.5201)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A20 #20A9B3

analogous

#B32060 #B32A20 #B37420

triadic

#B32A20 #20B32A #2A20B3

tetradic

#B32A20 #60B320 #20A9B3 #7420B3

square

#B32A20 #60B320 #20A9B3 #7420B3

split-complementary

#B32A20 #20B374 #2060B3

monochromatic

#4B120D #7F1E17 #B32A20 #DB4135 #E47269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B32A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B32A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A20

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A20	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.175 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f5d',
    500: '#b32a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a20;
$custom-light: #d36f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.082,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50481,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A20

secondary

#65C3CA

accent

#E0EC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A20

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

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