#B32E16#B32E16

#B32E16 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.173 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E16
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(9, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 52.13, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 68.95, 40.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1463 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.173 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7146, 11.5988, 1.9596)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E16 #169BB3

analogous

#B3164D #B32E16 #B37D16

triadic

#B32E16 #16B32E #2E16B3

tetradic

#B32E16 #4DB316 #169BB3 #7D16B3

square

#B32E16 #4DB316 #169BB3 #7D16B3

split-complementary

#B32E16 #16B37D #164DB3

monochromatic

#461209 #7C200F #B32E16 #E44022 #EB6F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B32E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B32E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E16

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E16	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.173 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47157',
    500: '#b32e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e16;
$custom-light: #d47157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.172,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50764,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E16

secondary

#57BCCE

accent

#D7F533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E16

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

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