#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
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 52.42, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 65.80, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1491 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.172 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8443, 11.6506, 2.6425)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##B32E21	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)

#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

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

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