#B32B1B#B32B1B

#B32B1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.175 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B1B
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 53.28, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 68.14, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1507 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.175 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6545, 11.3937, 2.2010)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B1B #1BA3B3

analogous

#B31B57 #B32B1B #B3771B

triadic

#B32B1B #1BB32B #2B1BB3

tetradic

#B32B1B #57B31B #1BA3B3 #771BB3

square

#B32B1B #57B31B #1BA3B3 #771BB3

split-complementary

#B32B1B #1BB377 #1B57B3

monochromatic

#49110B #7E1E13 #B32B1B #DF3F2C #E76F61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B32B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B32B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B1B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B1B	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.175 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f5a',
    500: '#b32b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b1b;
$custom-light: #d46f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50525,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B1B

secondary

#5EC0CC

accent

#DDF037

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B1B

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

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