#B32C20#B32C20

#B32C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.174 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C20
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 53.08, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 66.50, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.151 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.174 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7542, 11.4925, 2.5444)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C20 #20A7B3

analogous

#B3205E #B32C20 #B37620

triadic

#B32C20 #20B32C #2C20B3

tetradic

#B32C20 #5EB320 #20A7B3 #7620B3

square

#B32C20 #5EB320 #20A7B3 #7620B3

split-complementary

#B32C20 #20B376 #205EB3

monochromatic

#4B120D #7F1F17 #B32C20 #DB4335 #E47369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B32C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B32C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C20

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C20	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)

#564C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.174 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3705d',
    500: '#b32c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c20;
$custom-light: #d3705d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50659,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C20

secondary

#65C2CA

accent

#DEEC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C20

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

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