#B32B16#B32B16

#B32B16 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.176 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B16
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 53.16, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 69.54, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1495 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.176 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6015, 11.3725, 1.9219)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B16 #169EB3

analogous

#B31650 #B32B16 #B37916

triadic

#B32B16 #16B32B #2B16B3

tetradic

#B32B16 #50B316 #169EB3 #7916B3

square

#B32B16 #50B316 #169EB3 #7916B3

split-complementary

#B32B16 #16B379 #1650B3

monochromatic

#461109 #7C1E0F #B32B16 #E43C22 #EB6C59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B32B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B32B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B16

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B16	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.176 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f57',
    500: '#b32b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b16;
$custom-light: #d46f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.025,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50488,
    "c": 0.17561,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B16

secondary

#57BECE

accent

#DBF533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B16

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

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