#B32C1C#B32C1C

#B32C1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.174 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C1C
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 52.97, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 67.65, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1499 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.174 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7031, 11.4720, 2.2753)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C1C #1CA3B3

analogous

#B31C57 #B32C1C #B3781C

triadic

#B32C1C #1CB32C #2C1CB3

tetradic

#B32C1C #57B31C #1CA3B3 #781CB3

square

#B32C1C #57B31C #1CA3B3 #781CB3

split-complementary

#B32C1C #1CB378 #1C57B3

monochromatic

#49120B #7E1F14 #B32C1C #DE412E #E77163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B32C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B32C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C1C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C1C	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)

#564C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.174 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3705b',
    500: '#b32c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c1c;
$custom-light: #d3705b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.358,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50623,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C1C

secondary

#5FC0CB

accent

#DCF038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C1C

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

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