#B32A21#B32A21

#B32A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.175 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A21
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 53.77, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 66.60, 36.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1533 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.175 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6953, 11.3526, 2.5928)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A21 #21AAB3

analogous

#B32161 #B32A21 #B37321

triadic

#B32A21 #21B32A #2A21B3

tetradic

#B32A21 #61B321 #21AAB3 #7321B3

square

#B32A21 #61B321 #21AAB3 #7321B3

split-complementary

#B32A21 #21B373 #2161B3

monochromatic

#4C120E #7F1E17 #B32A21 #DA4137 #E4726B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B32A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B32A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A21

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A21	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)

#554C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.175 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f5e',
    500: '#b32a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a21;
$custom-light: #d36f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.699,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5049,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A21

secondary

#66C3CA

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A21

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

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