#B32B28#B32B28

#B32B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.173 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B28
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 53.68, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 64.41, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1545 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.173 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8396, 11.4678, 3.1759)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B28 #28B0B3

analogous

#B3286A #B32B28 #B37028

triadic

#B32B28 #28B32B #2B28B3

tetradic

#B32B28 #6AB328 #28B0B3 #7028B3

square

#B32B28 #6AB328 #28B0B3 #7028B3

split-complementary

#B32B28 #28B370 #286AB3

monochromatic

#4F1312 #811F1D #B32B28 #D54643 #E07875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B32B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B32B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B28

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B28	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)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.173 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37063',
    500: '#b32b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b28;
$custom-light: #d37063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50654,
    "c": 0.17322,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B28

secondary

#6FC6C8

accent

#E3E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B28

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

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