#B32A38#B32A38

#B32A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A38
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 54.71, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 60.65, 25.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.1612 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.172 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1344, 11.5282, 4.9056)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A38 #2AB3A5

analogous

#B32A7C #B32A38 #B3612A

triadic

#B32A38 #38B32A #2A38B3

tetradic

#B32A38 #7CB32A #2AB3A5 #612AB3

square

#B32A38 #7CB32A #2AB3A5 #612AB3

split-complementary

#B32A38 #2AB361 #2A7CB3

monochromatic

#501319 #811E28 #B32A38 #D44655 #DF7883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A38

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A38	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2706e',
    500: '#b32a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a38;
$custom-light: #d2706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.869,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50797,
    "c": 0.17245,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A38

secondary

#72C7BE

accent

#E5D443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A38

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

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