#B32C29#B32C29

#B32C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C29
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 53.38, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 63.93, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1537 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.172 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8937, 11.5483, 3.2789)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C29 #29B0B3

analogous

#B3296B #B32C29 #B37129

triadic

#B32C29 #29B32C #2C29B3

tetradic

#B32C29 #6BB329 #29B0B3 #7129B3

square

#B32C29 #6BB329 #29B0B3 #7129B3

split-complementary

#B32C29 #29B371 #296BB3

monochromatic

#4F1412 #81201E #B32C29 #D44845 #E07977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B32C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B32C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C29

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C29	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)

#554D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37063',
    500: '#b32c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c29;
$custom-light: #d37063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50756,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C29

secondary

#70C6C7

accent

#E2E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C29

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

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