#B32C3E#B32C3E

#B32C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.170 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32C3E
RGB	rgb(179, 44, 62)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 54.38, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 59.00, 22.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% 0.1615 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.17 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3628, 11.7359, 5.7495)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32C3E #2CB3A1

analogous

#B32C81 #B32C3E #B35D2C

triadic

#B32C3E #3EB32C #2C3EB3

tetradic

#B32C3E #81B32C #2CB3A1 #5D2CB3

square

#B32C3E #81B32C #2CB3A1 #5D2CB3

split-complementary

#B32C3E #2CB35D #2C81B3

monochromatic

#51141C #82202D #B32C3E #D24A5C #DF7B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B32C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B32C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32C3E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32C3E	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 44, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.170 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17173',
    500: '#b32c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32c3e;
$custom-light: #d17173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51079,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32C3E

secondary

#74C7BC

accent

#E4CE44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32C3E

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

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