#B32E22#B32E22

#B32E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.172 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E22
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 52.45, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 65.51, 36.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1494 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.172 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8585, 11.6563, 2.7173)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E22 #22A7B3

analogous

#B3225E #B32E22 #B37722

triadic

#B32E22 #22B32E #2E22B3

tetradic

#B32E22 #5EB322 #22A7B3 #7722B3

square

#B32E22 #5EB322 #22A7B3 #7722B3

split-complementary

#B32E22 #22B377 #225EB3

monochromatic

#4C140E #802118 #B32E22 #D94639 #E3766C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B32E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B32E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E22

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E22	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)

#564D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.172 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3715f',
    500: '#b32e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e22;
$custom-light: #d3715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.966,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50864,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E22

secondary

#68C1C9

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E22

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

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