#B32C27#B32C27

#B32C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.173 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C27
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 53.31, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 64.49, 34.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1531 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.173 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8597, 11.5347, 3.0998)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C27 #27AEB3

analogous

#B32768 #B32C27 #B37227

triadic

#B32C27 #27B32C #2C27B3

tetradic

#B32C27 #68B327 #27AEB3 #7227B3

square

#B32C27 #68B327 #27AEB3 #7227B3

split-complementary

#B32C27 #27B372 #2768B3

monochromatic

#4E1311 #81201C #B32C27 #D64741 #E17874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C27

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C27	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)

#554D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.173 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37062',
    500: '#b32c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c27;
$custom-light: #d37062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50732,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C27

secondary

#6EC5C8

accent

#E1E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C27

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

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