#B32A42#B32A42

#B32A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.172 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A42
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 55.28, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 58.85, 20.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1652 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.172 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4039, 11.6360, 6.3248)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A42 #2AB39B

analogous

#B32A86 #B32A42 #B3562A

triadic

#B32A42 #42B32A #2A42B3

tetradic

#B32A42 #86B32A #2AB39B #562AB3

square

#B32A42 #86B32A #2AB39B #562AB3

split-complementary

#B32A42 #2AB356 #2A86B3

monochromatic

#50131D #811E30 #B32A42 #D4465F #DF788A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B32A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B32A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A42

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A42	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.172 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17076',
    500: '#b32a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a42;
$custom-light: #d17076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A42

secondary

#72C7B8

accent

#E5C943

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A42

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

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