#B32B27#B32B27

#B32B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.173 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B27
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 53.64, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 64.69, 33.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.1541 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.173 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8228, 11.4611, 3.0875)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B27 #27AFB3

analogous

#B32769 #B32B27 #B37127

triadic

#B32B27 #27B32B #2B27B3

tetradic

#B32B27 #69B327 #27AFB3 #7127B3

square

#B32B27 #69B327 #27AFB3 #7127B3

split-complementary

#B32B27 #27B371 #2769B3

monochromatic

#4E1311 #811F1C #B32B27 #D64641 #E17774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B32B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B32B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B27

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B27	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.173 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37062',
    500: '#b32b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b27;
$custom-light: #d37062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50642,
    "c": 0.17334,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B27

secondary

#6EC5C8

accent

#E2E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B27

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

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