#B32A36#B32A36

#B32A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.173 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A36
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 54.61, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 61.08, 26.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1605 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.173 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0865, 11.5091, 4.6531)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A36 #2AB3A7

analogous

#B32A7A #B32A36 #B3632A

triadic

#B32A36 #36B32A #2A36B3

tetradic

#B32A36 #7AB32A #2AB3A7 #632AB3

square

#B32A36 #7AB32A #2AB3A7 #632AB3

split-complementary

#B32A36 #2AB363 #2A7AB3

monochromatic

#501318 #811E27 #B32A36 #D44653 #DF7881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B32A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B32A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A36

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A36	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.173 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2706d',
    500: '#b32a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a36;
$custom-light: #d2706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.745,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50763,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A36

secondary

#72C7C0

accent

#E5D743

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A36

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

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