#B32A31#B32A31

#B32A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.173 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A31
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 54.37, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 62.25, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.1586 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.173 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9750, 11.4645, 4.0662)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A31 #2AB3AC

analogous

#B32A75 #B32A31 #B3672A

triadic

#B32A31 #31B32A #2A31B3

tetradic

#B32A31 #75B32A #2AB3AC #672AB3

square

#B32A31 #75B32A #2AB3AC #672AB3

split-complementary

#B32A31 #2AB367 #2A75B3

monochromatic

#501316 #811E23 #B32A31 #D4464E #DF787D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B32A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B32A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A31

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A31	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.173 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26f69',
    500: '#b32a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a31;
$custom-light: #d26f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50686,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A31

secondary

#72C7C3

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A31

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

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