#B32A2C#B32A2C

#B32A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.174 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A2C
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 54.16, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 63.53, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1568 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.174 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8753, 11.4246, 3.5410)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A2C #2AB3B1

analogous

#B32A70 #B32A2C #B36C2A

triadic

#B32A2C #2CB32A #2A2CB3

tetradic

#B32A2C #70B32A #2AB3B1 #6C2AB3

square

#B32A2C #70B32A #2AB3B1 #6C2AB3

split-complementary

#B32A2C #2AB36C #2A70B3

monochromatic

#501314 #811E20 #B32A2C #D44649 #DF787A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B32A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B32A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A2C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A2C	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.174 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f65',
    500: '#b32a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a2c;
$custom-light: #d36f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50616,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A2C

secondary

#72C7C6

accent

#E5E343

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A2C

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

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