#B32E26#B32E26

#B32E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.171 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E26
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 78.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 52.58, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 64.35, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1506 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.171 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9196, 11.6807, 3.0391)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E26 #26ABB3

analogous

#B32665 #B32E26 #B37426

triadic

#B32E26 #26B32E #2E26B3

tetradic

#B32E26 #65B326 #26ABB3 #7426B3

square

#B32E26 #65B326 #26ABB3 #7426B3

split-complementary

#B32E26 #26B374 #2665B3

monochromatic

#4E1411 #81211B #B32E26 #D64840 #E17972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B32E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B32E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E26

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E26	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.171 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37161',
    500: '#b32e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e26;
$custom-light: #d37161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.404,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50906,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E26

secondary

#6DC3C8

accent

#DEE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E26

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

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