#B32B31#B32B31

#B32B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32B31
RGB	rgb(179, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 54.05, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 62.03, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1576 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.172 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0110, 11.5363, 4.0782)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32B31 #2BB3AD

analogous

#B32B75 #B32B31 #B3692B

triadic

#B32B31 #31B32B #2B31B3

tetradic

#B32B31 #75B32B #2BB3AD #692BB3

square

#B32B31 #75B32B #2BB3AD #692BB3

split-complementary

#B32B31 #2BB369 #2B75B3

monochromatic

#501316 #821F23 #B32B31 #D3484E #DF797E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32B31

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32B31	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27069',
    500: '#b32b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32b31;
$custom-light: #d27069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50773,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32B31

secondary

#73C7C3

accent

#E4DD43

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32B31

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

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