#B32A39#B32A39

#B32A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A39
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 54.77, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 60.44, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1616 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.172 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1591, 11.5381, 5.0357)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A39 #2AB3A4

analogous

#B32A7D #B32A39 #B3602A

triadic

#B32A39 #39B32A #2A39B3

tetradic

#B32A39 #7DB32A #2AB3A4 #602AB3

square

#B32A39 #7DB32A #2AB3A4 #602AB3

split-complementary

#B32A39 #2AB360 #2A7DB3

monochromatic

#501319 #811E29 #B32A39 #D44656 #DF7883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A39

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A39	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)

#524D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2706f',
    500: '#b32a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a39;
$custom-light: #d2706f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.431,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50814,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A39

secondary

#72C7BE

accent

#E5D343

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A39

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

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