#B32E20#B32E20

#B32E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E20
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 52.39, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 66.09, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.1488 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.172 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8305, 11.6451, 2.5698)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E20 #20A5B3

analogous

#B3205C #B32E20 #B37820

triadic

#B32E20 #20B32E #2E20B3

tetradic

#B32E20 #5CB320 #20A5B3 #7820B3

square

#B32E20 #5CB320 #20A5B3 #7820B3

split-complementary

#B32E20 #20B378 #205CB3

monochromatic

#4B130D #7F2117 #B32E20 #DB4535 #E47569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B32E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B32E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E20

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E20	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3715d',
    500: '#b32e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e20;
$custom-light: #d3715d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50844,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E20

secondary

#65C0CA

accent

#DCEC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E20

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

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