#B32C22#B32C22

#B32C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.173 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C22
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 53.14, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 65.92, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1515 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.173 29)
XYZ	xyz(19.7822, 11.5037, 2.6919)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C22 #22A9B3

analogous

#B32261 #B32C22 #B37522

triadic

#B32C22 #22B32C #2C22B3

tetradic

#B32C22 #61B322 #22A9B3 #7522B3

square

#B32C22 #61B322 #22A9B3 #7522B3

split-complementary

#B32C22 #22B375 #2261B3

monochromatic

#4C130E #801F18 #B32C22 #D94439 #E3746C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B32C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B32C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C22

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C22	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.173 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3705e',
    500: '#b32c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c22;
$custom-light: #d3705e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50678,
    "c": 0.17322,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C22

secondary

#68C3C9

accent

#DFEB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C22

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

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