#B32E21#B32E21

#B32E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.172 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B32E21
RGBrgb(179, 46, 33)
HSLhsl(5, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(5, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.3%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(40.66, 52.42, 39.78)
CIE-LCHlch(40.66, 65.80, 37.19°)
OKLaboklab(50.85% 0.1491 0.0853)
OKLCHoklch(50.85% 0.172 29.8)
XYZxyz(19.8443, 11.6506, 2.6425)
Luminance0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B32E21 #21A6B3
analogous
#B3215D #B32E21 #B37721
triadic
#B32E21 #21B32E #2E21B3
tetradic
#B32E21 #5DB321 #21A6B3 #7721B3
square
#B32E21 #5DB321 #21A6B3 #7721B3
split-complementary
#B32E21 #21B377 #215DB3
monochromatic
#4C130E #7F2117 #B32E21 #DA4637 #E4766B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31
#B32E21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33
#B32E21 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E21
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B32E21#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B32E211.006.313.336.31
#FFFFFF6.311.0021.001.00
#0000003.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.311.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#574D1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#776A1A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5002C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b32e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.172 29.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3715e',
    500: '#b32e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b32e21;
$custom-light: #d3715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b32e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.342,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50854,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B32E21
secondary
#66C1CA
accent
#DCEC3C
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FCEDE9
border
#D5C8C5
text
#160804
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E21

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#B32E21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva