#B32B2A#B32B2A

#B32B2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.173 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B2A
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 53.75, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 63.86, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1551 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.173 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8745, 11.4817, 3.3598)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B2A #2AB2B3

analogous

#B32A6D #B32B2A #B36F2A

triadic

#B32B2A #2AB32B #2B2AB3

tetradic

#B32B2A #6DB32A #2AB2B3 #6F2AB3

square

#B32B2A #6DB32A #2AB2B3 #6F2AB3

split-complementary

#B32B2A #2AB36F #2A6DB3

monochromatic

#501313 #811F1E #B32B2A #D44846 #DF7978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B32B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B32B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B2A

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B2A	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.173 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37064',
    500: '#b32b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b2a;
$custom-light: #d37064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.438,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50678,
    "c": 0.17296,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B2A

secondary

#72C7C7

accent

#E4E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B2A

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

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