#B32A28#B32A28

#B32A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.174 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A28
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 54.01, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 64.62, 33.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% 0.1555 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.174 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8037, 11.3960, 3.1640)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A28 #28B1B3

analogous

#B3286C #B32A28 #B36F28

triadic

#B32A28 #28B32A #2A28B3

tetradic

#B32A28 #6CB328 #28B1B3 #6F28B3

square

#B32A28 #6CB328 #28B1B3 #6F28B3

split-complementary

#B32A28 #28B36F #286CB3

monochromatic

#4F1312 #811E1D #B32A28 #D54543 #E07775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B32A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B32A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A28

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A28	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.174 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f62',
    500: '#b32a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a28;
$custom-light: #d36f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50566,
    "c": 0.17402,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A28

secondary

#6FC6C8

accent

#E4E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →