#B32E19#B32E19

#B32E19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.173 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E19
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 52.20, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 68.11, 39.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.147 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.173 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7453, 11.6110, 2.1210)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E19 #199EB3

analogous

#B31951 #B32E19 #B37B19

triadic

#B32E19 #19B32E #2E19B3

tetradic

#B32E19 #51B319 #199EB3 #7B19B3

square

#B32E19 #51B319 #199EB3 #7B19B3

split-complementary

#B32E19 #19B37B #1951B3

monochromatic

#48120A #7D2012 #B32E19 #E14128 #E8715E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B32E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B32E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E19

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E19	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.173 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37159',
    500: '#b32e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e19;
$custom-light: #d37159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50785,
    "c": 0.17289,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E19

secondary

#5BBDCC

accent

#D8F236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E19

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

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