#B32E1C#B32E1C

#B32E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E1C
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 52.27, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 67.26, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1477 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.172 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7794, 11.6247, 2.3007)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E1C #1CA1B3

analogous

#B31C56 #B32E1C #B3791C

triadic

#B32E1C #1CB32E #2E1CB3

tetradic

#B32E1C #56B31C #1CA1B3 #791CB3

square

#B32E1C #56B31C #1CA1B3 #791CB3

split-complementary

#B32E1C #1CB379 #1C56B3

monochromatic

#49130B #7E2014 #B32E1C #DE432E #E77363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B32E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B32E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E1C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E1C	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)

#574D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3715b',
    500: '#b32e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e1c;
$custom-light: #d3715b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.152,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50809,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E1C

secondary

#5FBECB

accent

#DAF038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E1C

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

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