#B32C28#B32C28

#B32C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.172 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C28
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 53.34, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 64.20, 33.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1534 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.172 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8764, 11.5414, 3.1882)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C28 #28AFB3

analogous

#B32869 #B32C28 #B37228

triadic

#B32C28 #28B32C #2C28B3

tetradic

#B32C28 #69B328 #28AFB3 #7228B3

square

#B32C28 #69B328 #28AFB3 #7228B3

split-complementary

#B32C28 #28B372 #2869B3

monochromatic

#4F1312 #81201D #B32C28 #D54743 #E07875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C28

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C28	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)

#554D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.172 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37063',
    500: '#b32c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c28;
$custom-light: #d37063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50744,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C28

secondary

#6FC5C8

accent

#E2E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C28

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

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